Blues Legacy – Book Review

Writers have to be readers, we have to consume language, inspiration and research before we can produce worlds, characters and Continue reading →

Book Review

The Kosher Capones: A History of Chicago’s Jewish Gangsters by Joe Kraus My rating: 5 of 5 stars Living on Continue reading →

Podcasted!

As a writer, I have a good idea of what my characters sound like.  Inside my head, each one is Continue reading →

Happy Dance Time

I have done it again!  Another poem will be published on line in an E-zine!  The Crafter’s Way tell the Continue reading →

A New Kind of Snowman!

In Chicago, we have had snow every day this week.  Yeah, it’s only Wednesday – but it is forecast for Continue reading →

Snow, snow, snow

Yes, I know it is February.  Yes, I know it is Chicago.  Yes, I know snow is normal for this Continue reading →

This is the Year you SELL your novel!

To paraphrase Walter Moseley, this is my plan.  So I will be submitting to open reading periods, agents and publishers.  Continue reading →

Thanks for Curator’s

Thank goodness for the people who keep the keepsakes long past their shelf life.  They can be called sentimentalists, bibliophiles Continue reading →