Since November I’ve been going to a lot of rallies, marches, and protests. Most have been peaceful. But being there is an action, usually a reaction to politics, policies, or persons. By its nature, an action can’t help but create some another action, a re-action. Heather Heyer fatally proved that in Charlottesville. Her death makes it even more important to …
My wife mentions a blog this morning and it gets me to thinking it’s been a long time since I’ve written one. Then I get an email from Bywater Books announcing the blog hop I agreed to participate in has begun. Oka-ay, guess I know what I’m doing today. First, though, a question to the reader – dear blog reader, …
Was it Hemingway that said, “All love ends in death”? I read that somewhere as a young woman. I’d never thought of it like that but it’s true. I have friends who won’t get another partner, or more pets, because they will just lose them. They are so ruled by their fear that they are not living fully. Here physically, …
Get on over to Goodreads to win a copy of Hold of the Bone. Contest is going on through July. Hurry! Don’t wait!
This review was originally published in Alexandra Wolfe’s sadly defunct Kissed By Venus magazine. I’m reposting to encourage everyone attending the Golden Crown Literary Society Conference to read this for the Con’s book club reading of River Walker. See you there. Half way through River Walker I put it down and said , “Damn. I wish I’d written this!” There. Having confessed my …
Every book I’ve written unfolds in my head like a movie, and each has a unique soundtrack. The River Within had scenes set in Afghanistan and Iraq so it was written mostly to middle eastern music. Each Franco novel had its own soundtrack. I kept the albums on a list but lost it when the house burned down. Fortunately, I created the Hold of the Bone soundtrack …
as the guy told his co-worker dreaming about the can of Coors he was going to have after work. Ebooks are well and good, and have their place, but until I can feel, smell, and yes, crush it, it ain’t real. Today, thanks to the USPO and all the good folks at Bywater Books, Hold of the Bone is REAL.!!
In case you missed it, the divine ladies at Women & Words allowed me to guest blog in honor of the latest L.A. Franco release. Pop on over and see what’s going on with me, Frank, and Hold of the Bone. It’s some good weird stuff!
Interesting post from The Guardian about the origins of this early classic novel of “forbidden love.” http://bit.ly/1QQcT9j
I could have gone to work today, but wisely and sanely, did not. Instead, another day in bed, surrounded by books, dogs, and cats. I sit, as Emerson would say, “lowly listening”. I found that quote in Phyllis Theroux’s charming The Journal Keeper. “There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.” That, followed …