“The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.â€Â – Sara Gruen, Author WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Because… 1. The words don’t form the way I want them to, they refuse to fall in line and express my fleeting thoughts … at last, after massaging each word and phrase, the sentence stretches […]
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Author: Harlan Coben Title: Shelter, part one of the Mickey Bolitar series for young adults Overview After losing his father in a car accident and his addict mother to rehab, fifteen-year old Mickey Bolitar arrives at a new high school. Within weeks Mickey’s new girl interest, Ashley, disappears. While he befriends a couple high school
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Okay. I finished the story. For months I spent every available and creative minute with my characters. When it was done, I had this incredible feeling of elation. My test readers insist it’s ready. The feeling of accomplishment made me smile. I was happy. But within days, the excitement diminished. I am getting restless. I
Book Title: Every Man Dies Alone Author: Hans Fallada, born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen Overview Hans Fallada’s Every Man Dies Alone deals with the lives of several Berliner citizens during Germany’s Third Reich. After Otto and Anna Quangel’s only son dies at the front, the couple becomes disillusioned about the government. Rations grow leaner and the
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What is it about the middle ages that fascinates us? Many books have been written and movies made. Whether it is about King Arthur or George Martin’s Game of Thrones, we don’t seem to get tired of reading and seeing stories of knights and maidens, ladies and squires battle life and each other in drafty
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Book Title: The Game of Kings (Das Spiel der Könige) Author: Gable, Rebecca Overview Rebecca Gable’s Game of Kings (Das Spiel der Könige) details the story of the rose wars of medieval England during the latter part of the 15th century. To help the reader keep track of the interwoven families and often similar names,
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To celebrate hubby’s 60th birthday, we visited Bardstown in Kentucky. After experiencing so many wonderful B&Bs in Germany, and being tired of the sterility of large corporate hotels, we stayed at You’re Invited Inn — see what I had to say on Trip Advisor. Whiskey Tasting Number One Our first order of business led us
As in previous years, when we visited Germany, we planned to do a bicycling tour. Since we only had four days, really only three when considering the train ride to and from, we decided on starting in Trier, Germany’s oldest city. Little did we know what awaited us. The weather was perfect when we rolled
Next week I’m heading back to Germany to visit my family and reconnect with my home country. It’s become clear over the past 25 years that I must see, feel, smell my roots on a regular basis to avoid serious bouts of homesickness. We’ll bike, walk, hike, ride boats and the train, drive my father’s
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Most people, unless they’re scientists with access to a lab, use websites to research information. A few dinosaurs – myself included – still also utilize libraries, but we’re on the way out. Sadly, a large percentage of websites waste space on the worldwide web. They pay fees for URLs and servers, spend hours writing content
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