Using story to connect YOU to the Master Storyteller
The announcement came on Facebook. David Rawlings’ new book, Where the Road Bends was up for pre-order. I thought I’d snapped it up that minute, but I didn’t. Looking back, I think I waited to make sure there wasn’t going to be a blog tour. After reading and reviewing The Baggage Handler and The … [Read more...]
I don’t recall how I found her books, and I only remember small bits of them here and there—YA horror or thriller, I’d call them. Stories of what turned out to be witchcraft and other elements of the occult. Lois Duncan. She was a good writer, but I had no idea what I’d started reading until I … [Read more...]
I get my best ideas while driving, in the shower, or (and this is totally my favorite way), over Chinese food. Way back in the dark ages when people actually went and sat down together in restaurants, a friend of mine and I met up at our local Chinese place, The Golden Dragon, and sat in their … [Read more...]
It came up on my Facebook feed--a contest for a short story. The theme? Ways characters encourage one another during the Covid19 pandemic. They were looking for encouraging stories about how communities come together, how faith is shown in isolation and used to bridge communities that couldn't … [Read more...]
"So many books. So little time." How many times have I said that? Probably enough to make me a walking, talking cliche. But it's kind of true, you know? I get these emails, you see. "New Tour Alert" followed by a title or cover that grabs me or by an author name that says, "You know you … [Read more...]
My feet pounded the treadmill as I scrolled page by page through the book. I’d never heard of the author—Courtney Walsh. But the cover had taunted and tempted me until I bought it. I hadn’t even read the synopsis, but after I did… Bookstore? Refurbished furniture? Notes on hearts? What isn’t … [Read more...]
A stack of packages waited for me when I woke up that morning. I opened the “boring” ones first. Laundry pods from Dropps.com, Bathroom scrubbing things from Amazon. A new journal I’d decided to make a part of my 2020 routine. Confession. I actually already had it. But I had bought a new one from … [Read more...]
