Tips for writers, on a variety of topics.
Twice bitten, but not shy
By Nancy Yockey Bonar
Author’s note: This is about one local radio talk show host. It’s not a glittering generality for all radio hosts/commentators.
Knock me over with a feather! As a lightweight history buff, I’m admitting: I hadn’t been fully aware of more than the first stanza of The National Anthem/The Star-Spangled Banner.
Repetition -- A Tool or a Weapon?
Title: Murder on the Cocktail Circuit
Author: Charles Gibb
Genre: Fiction, Thriller
Reviewer: Mike Mullins
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 0595094651
Navy SEAL Commander Scotty Ferguson, who received the Medal of Honor in Vietnam, is sent covertly to the Flagship of the Sixth Fleet on the pretense of protecting the ship and admiral. His real orders are to be available to the President, on a moment's notice, to enter Libya and locate an atomic bomb factory that has the capability to place the bomb inside a laptop computer. He is assisted by the lovely CIA agent Alexandra Thorton.
"Writing is easy; all you have to do is open a vein and bleed." --columnist Red Barber
by Ann DeWitt