Murder, Mysticism and Kinky Sex in Lineberger’s Sunday Best

Sunday Best by Ann Lineberger is a murder mystery intertwined with cultish clairvoyance and kinky sex clubs. Wealthy publishing and realty magnate Walter Bloom is found hanging naked in a barn, with only half a…

A Quest For Meaning & Moby-Dick: Review of Novel The Moby-Dick Blues by Michael Strelow

A Quest For Meaning & Moby-Dick: Review of Novel The Moby-Dick Blues by Michael Strelow

Review of On a Cold Dark Sea by Elizabeth Blackwell

Luxury Liner, Lies, and Lifeboat 21.  April 15, 1912.  Lifeboat 21 saves a mere 12 lives instead of the 65 it was built to hold. This is not just another…

Review of This Mournable Body – A Novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga

A tale of grief and survival set in war-wounded Zimbabwe. This is a story about Zimbabwe, a country ravaged by war. In the wake of its battle for independence, citizens…

Review of The Midnight Man by David Eric Tomlinson

In his debut novel, David Eric Tomlinson weaves basketball, law enforcement, self-realization, and the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building into a tapestry of Oklahoma culture and attitudes. The unexpected…

Review of Sunburn by Laura Lippman

  In this novel that expertly blends tough, cynical, and slightly sleazy, Laura Lippman has revised the rules for classic crime noir. You can read my review featured in The…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 12

In my freelance career – pitching articles and essays to various publications – I have discovered that some writers and editors don’t really want to hear, see or discuss the…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 11

I decided it was finally time to let Harvey Dunne go. There comes a point when you realize you can do no more with your current project (although it feels…