I highly recommend a 1949 film entitled My Foolish Heart, currently available for free on Amazon Prime. Despite the title, you can stop rolling your eyes. The only authorized film adaptation of anything written by J.D. Salinger, it may not be perfect, but his authenticity made the unique cultural and situational pressures experienced by women and men during World War II real for me in a way that nothing else ever has. Moments of deeply intelligent exploration of the human condition abound. Though the film stars Susan Hayward and Dana Andrews, Robert Keith, who plays Susan Hayward’s father in the film, steals the show with his deft combination of serious passion and gentle humor.
Out with the sold; in with the new…
…author’s edition of my horror novel, Twisted, with heartfelt thanks to all who have bought, read, and given the original conventionally published version five-star reviews. I think you’ll like this new version…much meaner and cleaner with new twists in the plot…even better. You can get it on Amazon (paperback or…
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Wade Was Withdrawn
Democratic Dallas Prosecutor Henry Wade’s detachment may have made Jane Roe’s victory possible, but his fellow Democrats’ detachment has made overturning Roe v. Wade possible. My friend Ina contributes some food for thought: Guest Post by Ina Bransome Women of means (white feminists and white women of means) will always…
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Check out my newly released sci fi novella, Boomers for the Stars!
BOOMERS FOR THE STARS: Another sci fi novella I had a lot of fun writing, which will be featured on a big banner at the May 2017 SFWA Nebula Awards Conference. In a dystopian future Baby Boomers…kept alive far too long by the first, clumsily imperfect advances in the science…
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For those of you curious about where I got the inspiration for my most recent book, Rococo, here’s the flash fiction from whence it came…on one of the many days in which I found myself thoroughly disgusted by self-help books. Toeing an anti-depressant wrapper, she loitered at the western edge…
Read MoreBoomers for the Stars Kindle version now on sale for a mere 99 cents
Okay…I did get a little carried away fancying up the paperback version of my latest sci fi novella, the result being that it’s retailing for $14.99 on Amazon. But now that it’s available elsewhere, including a 99-cent Kindle version, do you forgive me? Hmmmm? Boomers for a mere 99 cents…
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