Today is Monica Wilson's 61st Birthday and 49th day since her passing -- in the Buddhist tradition, this is the completion of her journey through the Bardo realm. Next stop, rebirth somewhere! And I know she will stay with me to guide more writing.
So, in her memory, this link to an awesome astro-video.
View and rejoice.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Literary at Last
I have my first in-print, by-ghod literary journal publication. The fogey part of me is tickled by this milestone; my other literary publications have been online.
The journal is BACOPA, out of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville, Florida. It's an annual book and really very good, high quality poetry and fiction. The story is "The Stronger," set in Southern Indiana in 1910 and based on my grandfather's life as a bookish farm boy.
"The Stronger" is the title story of a four-story collection, all based on memories and family legends from my grandfather's life, reaching from the 1870s to the 1950s. Hopefully the next story will soon find publication, too!
The journal is BACOPA, out of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville, Florida. It's an annual book and really very good, high quality poetry and fiction. The story is "The Stronger," set in Southern Indiana in 1910 and based on my grandfather's life as a bookish farm boy.
"The Stronger" is the title story of a four-story collection, all based on memories and family legends from my grandfather's life, reaching from the 1870s to the 1950s. Hopefully the next story will soon find publication, too!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Aw, tell me what you REALLY thought!
My friend Don, from the Seattle area, bristles at the requirement that he actually buy something from Amazon.com in order to be able to post a review there. He got YU: A ROSS LAMOS MYSTERY as a Christmas gift. So, I'll put his remarks right here:
"I started to read it like a book ... then I inhaled it like some kind of addiction. I usually only read for fun on vacation or business trips on airplanes. Ask Bev (my wife) how many mornings she found me in my chair reading your book before digging into email!!!!
I told Bev that she needed to read it. She inhaled it too.
I totally cannot believe that this is the first book you have written. I can't say what I enjoy more, the story line, or the jumps back and forth through time to tell the story."
Thanks, Don!
"I started to read it like a book ... then I inhaled it like some kind of addiction. I usually only read for fun on vacation or business trips on airplanes. Ask Bev (my wife) how many mornings she found me in my chair reading your book before digging into email!!!!
I told Bev that she needed to read it. She inhaled it too.
I totally cannot believe that this is the first book you have written. I can't say what I enjoy more, the story line, or the jumps back and forth through time to tell the story."
Thanks, Don!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
OMG You Guys!
I just read through this page at the web site of A Room Of Her Own, sponsors of the writing retreat at Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, that I am honored to attend in August. Yes, that Ghost Ranch. Georgia O'Keefe Ghost Ranch.
I cannot beleeeeeeve that I will be sharing a dorm-style bathroom with many of these ladies!
I have a lot of homework reading to do.
I cannot beleeeeeeve that I will be sharing a dorm-style bathroom with many of these ladies!
I have a lot of homework reading to do.
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