No roses, chocolates or congratulations, please! Do you know these women? Guess why not! Who was Anita Whitney? Leader and early founder of the American Communist Party, she was an… Continue reading No chocolates or roses. Equal living-wage pay, please.
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Spotlight: 7 easy places your readers can discover you
I interviewed my book club last night. All are women 50 years old or more, and very much part of my reader demographic. They all read at least a book… Continue reading Spotlight: 7 easy places your readers can discover you
A new view of old news: Anti-Muslim Fervor is Anti-Semitic
The Facebook-Twittersphere is awash in worry over the current, very ugly anti-Muslim rhetoric. Trump’s comments are only the tip of this nasty iceberg. What’s left unsaid is how the ground… Continue reading A new view of old news: Anti-Muslim Fervor is Anti-Semitic
Dropping the F-bomb in a poem
I’ve been reading and hearing a lot of poetry lately. I had the incredible honor of hearing our new US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera a couple of weeks ago,… Continue reading Dropping the F-bomb in a poem
Showing our face to the world
One of the oddest things about being a writer today is the need to post, blog, publicize and talk, not about our books, but about ourselves. Gone are the days… Continue reading Showing our face to the world