Thanks once again to Carl Brookins for sharing his reviews with us. Damage Control by Denise Hamilton ISBN: 978-0-7432-9674-8 a 2011 hardcover release from Scribner. 372 pages. More than just romance can often flower under the hot desert moon. In southern California, a lot more. In the artificially irrigated hothouse of perfectly sculpted bodies, overabundance …
Most of us know that former senator Rick Santorum is against legalizing gay marriage, and he has been known to make some inflammatory remarks about homosexuality. More recently he told students at a college in New England that having gay parents is worse than having parents who are convicts. His rationale is that a father …
Please help me welcome Nancy Cohen to It’s Not All Gravy. Nancy is the author of Shear Murder and is here talking about her book and what keeps her motivated to write. Question #1: Have you always wanted to be a writer? Yes, ever since I can remember I’ve been writing. At first, it was …
I know, I know, I said I was only posting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but sometimes I just can’t help myself. (smile) First, I want to thank my new followers, Melissa, Katie, Nay and Carol. So glad you find my blog worth some time now and then. I have enjoyed your blogs, too, and …
Some time ago I wrote a review of a book that had been sent to me by an author I’d met in an online writer’s group. It wasn’t a rave review, nor was it a scathing review, but I did point out that there were some problems with the plot and some of the writing …
Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing another review with us. Assignment:Nepal By J.S. SquiresASIN: B005VFMK6Q2011 E-book release from Echelon Press Readers of this review should be aware that this press has published some of my crime fiction and I am acquainted with the publisher, though not with the two authors writing under a single …
The Iowa caucuses are behind us and the candidates are off to New Hampshire, the place where Texas Governor Rick Perry said real Republicans live. Huh??? Who did he think all those people were that voted in the Republican caucuses in Iowa? Democrats? Here’s what William River Pitt has to say about Iowa and the …
I must have been cloned. Otherwise how could I be in three places at once. Here in my office working. Over at the Blood Red Pencil for my usual first Wednesday blog, and as a guest at a neat blog, Coffee With a Canine, where I introduce our dog, Poppy. While I am off gallivanting …
ACK! How could it happen. Just two days into the new year and already I have forgotten that I was going to be more organized this year. I did clear some things off my desk by adding address’s to my holiday card labels. I had these envelopes for two weeks or more waiting for me …
It seems like just the other day we were bidding farewell to 2010 and here we are starting 2012. I remember my grandmother telling me how the years fly by as you get older, but she told me that when I was just 12. I had no idea what she was talking about. Thinking about …