Call Me Nuts If You Like—There’s More to Stephen Kind than Horror
May was Stephen King month for my reading diversion!
You might ask (and rightfully so) why thrillers and horror would attract a women's fiction writer.
It starts with, "Once Upon a Time, a women's fiction writer read Stephen King's Writing: A Memoire of the Craft, which led (horror of horrors) to reading his first novel, which led to reading his latest novel . . .
Read the reviews and then the books—if you dare.
May 13, 2021
Review of On Writing: A Memoire of the Craft – 5 stars
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Searching for Merry-Go-Rounds
Carousels play a significant scene between two sets of lovers, separated by sixty years, in my novel Blackhorse Road. One of the things I love about writing a novel is where the research takes me in t
Carousels play a significant scene between two sets of lovers, separated by sixty years, in my novel Blackhorse Road. One of the things I love about writing a novel is where the research takes me in tracking down specific facts—one of these journeys was locating an old carousel that existed on Bob-Lo Island in 1900 and one that existed in Fairmont Park, Riverside CA in 1966. Here is a picture of Mountain Dancer that Luci rode in Fairmont Park—a ride that changes her life. https://carousels.org/psp/CrossroadsV...
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