Since my new novel He Trots the Air is about drugging horses, I’m particularly sensitive to the fact that doping horses persists in The Sport of Kings. My eye was caught recently by a news item about the Breeders’ Cup … Continue reading
Having read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and loving every gothic paragraph, and then seeing the old film of the book with Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, I went on to read about the author’s life. She had a good … Continue reading
Every year in September, the Council of the Written Word sponsors a writers’ workshop in Franklin, Tennessee. This year it will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2010, at the Williamson County Public Library, and will feature three writers with … Continue reading
Last Saturday night I went to a wonderful event: a music festival benefitting Page High School’s prize-winning marching band. It was a feast of music all day. But by far the best event on the program was the finale: The … Continue reading