I’m re-reposting a 2017 repost of my Goodreads blog from 2014: On the term Bodice Ripper. It is my response to Ross Douthat’s op-ed in the New York Times today. He uses the term to describe a wildly popular Netflix series based on a series of novels understood by their... read more
I’m currently doing the research for the third book in my shapeshifter trilogy, Wealth Whispers. This involves reading up on bears in order to envision my hero who is a werebear. It also involves thinking more broadly about my were world. I am enjoying the challenge of imagining characters fully... read more
Join us online today at 4:00. Florida International University is holding a conference On Love. The host is Phillip M. Carter, Director of the Center for Humanities in an Urban Environment. It’s easy. Just click on the link, below. And Join Stream: https://calendar.fiu.edu/event/chue_presents_love#.YCwPmhNKiPQ I am one of five speakers. My... read more
Valentine’s Day 2021 falls on Sunday. The Love Conference is two days later. Namely, February 16 at 4:00 pm EST. So, close enough! Phillip M. Carter has organized it. And I am a happy participant. Valentine’s Day 2021 – Choose Your Love Many kinds of love exist. English has but... read more
Next week is the Love Conference at Florida International University. Phillip M. Carter, Director of the Center for Humanities in an Urban Environment, has organized it. So, mark your calendars. Tuesday, February 16 at 4:00 EST. It’s a zoom conference, of course. I have attended many of the conferences Phillip... read more
We all know what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday this week. Over the past two days commentators have remarked repeatedly that the last time invaders stormed the Capitol was during the War of 1812. I was aware of this fact because of all the research I did for... read more
We all know what to deck the hall with. That’s right, boughs of holly. Sure, we all know it because the song has an upbeat melody and lots of fun fa-la-las. But it’s also memorable because it sets the Yuletide scene so deftly. Along with all the fresh and fragrant... read more
Money for Nothing is Book II in my Buy Me Love shapeshifter trilogy. I am delighted to say that it will be available at the end of this month. You can preorder now. I began the series with a prequel, The Alpha’s Edge. There I introduced the were-world I intended... read more
2020 is the year of Artemisia Gentileschi – or, at least, she is the current queen in one corner of the art world. I’ll point out that I’ve known about her for the past 30 years. Since I made one of her paintings the central plot point in my 1990... read more
On Saturday November 28, 54-year-old Mike Tyson will return to the boxing ring after a 15-year hiatus. He’ll be fighting 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr. I wouldn’t normally be interested in such a match. However, the name Roy Jones Jr. rang a bell. Turns out I wrote a blog about him... read more
