I Choose Love
This week has been a tough one. The final push leading up to the US Presidential election became more contentious and volatile, pitting friend against friend. And it didn't end when the election was over. Much to my dismay, things only got worse. Riots in the streets and even more heated arguments online as to who is "right" and who…
Brea Viragh
Thanks for joining me for Sunday Speed Dates. This week I have Brea Viragh joining me. Brea C. Viragh is a poet, short story author, and novelist who has been writing fiction since the third grade. Her teacher thought it was a good idea to leave her alone at a computer and see what happened. Must have been fate! She…
Think Outside, No Box Required
I did a bad thing. This past Saturday was the monthly meeting for one of my local chapters. I was running a bit late thanks to Los Angeles area traffic, and when I arrived ten minutes after the meeting start time, I did something I had never done before: I sat in my car for five minutes just staring out the…
Sudha Balagopal
Welcome to another Sunday Speed Date! This week I have Sudha Balagopal joining me. Sudha Balagopal's fiction straddles continents, melding cultures and blending thoughts, representing ideas and desires from the east and the west. Her work delves into the everyday lives of ordinary people to reveal larger, universal truths. She is the author of a novel, A New Dawn, and…
The Earl
What I am reading this week For today's TBR Thursday I have The Earl by Katharine Ashe. I actually pre-ordered this book before it came out and couldn't put it down upon it's release. I finished it in one day. It seems one of my last Wednesday Reads post was a Katharine Ashe book as well. What can I say, this author is on…