My friend Wendy Rathbone invited me to participate in a blog tour. Since I had been badgering her about gearing up her own blog, I was delighted to be asked, because it encourages me to do exactly what I’ve been hassling her about! By the way, this blog tour started by Michael Cieslak, a Board […]
Archives for June 2014
Indie Publishing and The Passive Voice
Of course, when I say “passive voice,” I don’t mean a writing style, in which the subject takes a back seat or is completely unknown. You know, like those statements Republicans make when they say that “bombs were dropped on some faraway country…” as if the bombs were dropped by someone or something not under […]
Feast of All Saints: My Obsession With Anne Rice’s Novel
Since a long time ago, I’ve been obsessed with the novel Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice. It’s about a young man in the 1840’s French Quarter who has dreams of going to Paris, but who is foiled, in the end by his white father, Philippe Ferronaire, who basically goes back on his promise to […]