I won a literary fiction writing contest!
I am delighted that my 250 word entry, Clocking In, has won the University of Alabama Birmingham’s SPARK Festival Flash Fiction contest. The contest was sponsored by Bham Now.SPARK Festival…
World Cup 2018 Final: A romance authors view
England didn’t make it past Croatia in their semi-final World Cup match and today finished fourth in the tournament, but an English friend said it best: “This is the most football fun I’ve had in years. It’s been a gift.” It’s also been a gift for romance writers who specialize in soccer teams.
Gamekeepers Pie Fit For a Love Story
In Chapter Nine of Fowled, Mick takes Marie-Claire to a country pub for dinner. It’s not supposed to be a date, so she feels uncomfortable with Mick paying for her…
The Curious Case of John Terry
On paper, John Terry is a hero/protagonist prototype dream come true. Handsome, athletic, a major God in the Premier League and Rei de Toto* at his career-long club Arsenal, John…
Phonics ruined me.
Phonics ruined me. In the 1970’s it started in the third grade. I had been cruising nicely through first and second grade, unaware of the linguistic brick wall I was…
Soccer Gods: my new crush
Gosh, I miss http://www.kickette.com. Those girls were sharp, funny and merciless. There were short-term replacements… dirtyfootball.com, the FoxNews soccer channel, but none came close. But now I have www.soccergods.com and…
And we’re off
Fowled has just been published at Smashwords.com and is waiting for review to enter their Premium Catalog. I’m so glad to be sharing Mick and Marie-Claire’s story with everyone.
Keeping your characters in the dark
One problem an author faces is keeping their characters away from information. It gets harder and harder as mobile phones proliferate, texting is now a continuous stream and security eyes…
An opening for the underdog
I’m always on the look out for ways the underdog can get a shot at a win, and the current drama at Manchester United provides ample opportunity. It was complained…
Leeds United, I’m fascinated
Leeds United is a fascinating team, in a schoolbus-full-of-kittens-going-off-a-cliff kind of way.