...But Might Not Make Sense to You. Have you heard of the (relatively) new quasi-crowdshare program called Kindle Scout? I say “quasi” because it doesn’t involve donating money, but it is all about reader input. Kindle Scout launched last fall, but is apparently still so new that many of the Kindle customer service operators I spoke to recently hadn’t even heard of it! I did get my questions answered eventually, however, so I decided to put my latest novel, The Depth of Beauty, into the ... VIEW POST
Five Ways Novelists Are Just Like Poets
A very good friend from my years in northern California is the poet Lauren Scott. (lscotthoughts.com). We are both writers, but while she writes pieces with minimal words, I write full-length novels. Not much overlap, right? Wrong. The truth is, long-form writers and poets have quite a bit in common: We both love words. I mean love them. I know that even though she may write a first draft intuitively, Lauren considers every single word that goes into every single poem she writes. ... VIEW POST
What does an Authentic Italian Wedding Look Like? (Part Two)
The wedding I include in The Lair is small, family-centered and casual. But, like everywhere else in the world, Italian weddings vary by size and opulence, depending on the budget and mindset of the bride and groom (and often, their families, whether the couple likes it or not!). Here are a few more elements to a real Italian wedding: Arriving at the church. In traditional Catholic weddings, the bride (who hasn’t been seen by the groom, remember) is usually walked down the aisle by her ... VIEW POST
What Does an Authentic Italian Wedding Look Like? (Part One)
Despite our modern sensibilities, marriage is still the ultimate goal for the vast majority of those who fall in love around the world. At the end of my new romantic suspense novel, The Lair, which takes place in Verona, Italy, two characters get married (not going to tell you which two, you’ll just have to read the book to find out!). To research that scene and the brief lead-in to it, I read up on what makes Italian weddings, well … Italian. I found many traditions that Italians ... VIEW POST
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