I read Erika Robuk’s The House of Hawthorne in one day. I could not put it down. It wasn’t a thriller or a mystery. It was an historical romance (but not with the big “R”). It wasn’t about Nathaniel, but about Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, a talented painter who married a talented writer. Although it was … More Reading about “almost” famous women
I’ve decided to restore my Mitzi Monday, Writer Wednesday, and Freaky Friday themes at times. So today is Mitzi Monday. Today is Martin Luther King Day, to honor a man who inspired millions…and who inspired this white girl.. It’s also the birthday of an iconic American writer. Since I was raised in a very prejudiced atmosphere, I was not … More Mitzi Monday
When I was a kid, I had night terrors…nightmares that would grab me and not let me go. For eight years my bedroom as at one end of our apartment and my parents’ room was at the other. A fairly large living room and steps leading downstairs and outside separated us. I felt lost, a … More Freaky Friday – Why I love the paranormal
Does art influence reality? I was thinking about that this summer, especially after the Aurora Cinema shooting during a Batman movie. I’d had a germ of a story partially written and decided to use that theme to flesh it out. But I twisted it a bit and set it in the 1840s with the influential … More
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