British Police Procedurals Part I: The Romney and Marsh Files by Oliver Tidy. I had a ball reading all seven murder-mysteries involving the deeply flawed Detective Inspector Tom Romney and his trusty Detective Sargent Joy Marsh. The stories are set in the Dover CID (Crime Investigation Department) on the Kent Coast, and the atmosphere of […]
Reading is an important activity for a writers. I’m also a devoted fan of the romance genre and read romances all the time for simple enjoyment. Any inspiration I get from the stories is icing on the cake. Right now I’m on a British-Indian romance kick. Note: See my blog Romantic International Settings in Romance […]
I just finished Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013). It got me thinking about a peculiarly American phenomenon: self-help books. Ralph Waldo Emerson gets the ball rolling with these famous words from essay “Self-Reliance” in 1841: “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine […]
Spoiler alert: Do not read this blog if you’re planning to see the movie Gone Girl. It is based on the book with the same name by Gillian Flynn. A few days ago I chose a romance featuring a jaded ex-lawyer. He has seen too many of his fellow lawyers’ marriages crash and burn under […]
Here’s my slew of best romance reads. Best Romance Reads: MC Romance Jaci J The Ride (Hell’s Disciplines MC). I noticed that some of the reviewers online complained about the many spelling and grammar mistakes. They didn’t bother me. In fact, as I kept reading, I thought they were part of the authenticity of the […]