by Admin | Jan 30, 2012 | apartheid, fiction, historical fiction, human rights, Leela's Gift, literary agent, reconciliation, Sharpeville massacre
July 1960[1] Plettenberg Bay On the way to Jan Smuts Airport for my flight to Port Elizabeth, we park the Jag at the entrance to the Rivonia Police Station. The parking lot is mostly unoccupied early on this chilly winter morning on the Highveld. My breath...
by Admin | Dec 10, 2011 | creativity, fiction, teaching tales
Not sure when last I read a novel that has so annoyed and intrigued me as the one I read last night and this morning, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes which is the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize. What were the judges thinking? This is a 2011 feeble old...
by Admin | Oct 17, 2011 | Children, college, creativity, fiction, historical fiction, literary agent, teaching tales
In the New York Times October 17, 2011 the following article appeared. I’ve been blogging on this topic for months, and obviously, the future is now here. This is a positive and welcome development for all writers. Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2011 | creativity, meditation
The title words of today’s post are by Anglo-American poet T.S. Eliot in his famous Four Quartets. Last weekend on a glorious fall day I was in our nation’s capital. The area around the mall is indeed living proof of Eliot’s idea that “Time...
by Admin | Sep 17, 2011 | creativity, fiction, historical fiction, literary agent
Last year I wrote a post called Brave New World of Publishing and many readers have asked for a follow up. So here it is, although I admit I am more confused than ever. The debate has become increasingly hotter and the cross-currents of opinions make the waters ever...
