It was in my hands. Its soft cover pressed firm against the pages between. Its title and author matching one of the many listed on the two index cards in my wallet. Then, there was the other one. Another soft cover. It was not listed on my index card. I had come across the Detroit-area …
Yep. That’s a Smith-Corona Coronet Automatic.
Wow. What a weekend. The best way to describe it is in bite-size pieces. Motor City Comic Con (Novi, MI): This year was the 25th Anniversary of the Motor City Comic Con – an event held over a three-day weekend in May – which features comic and media celebrities from the past and present. Over …
On Saturday, March 29, 2014, I was a guest at the Local Author Fair held at the Plymouth District Library in Plymouth, Michigan. Twenty-four authors, including myself, set up our tables and greeted the public. It was an interesting two hours as lovers of books and writers cruised the tables. For me, this was homecoming …
Grey Wolfe Publishing’s Diana Plopa interviewed me for their website. Here is how it begins: GWP: Do you have any writing rituals? If so, what are they? MK: I don’t have any writing rituals. All the virgins are safe and won’t be sacrificed to the writing gods on my account. GWP: What are the most …
Let’s start 2014 off right (or write!). My short story “Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others” has been accepted by Grey Wolfe Publishing for their anthology Write To Woof. The anthology is scheduled to be released in February, 2014, of which the proceeds will benefit Almost Home No-Kill Animal Shelter in Southfield. The theme …
Sherman Alexie, National Book Award winner and author of over twenty books, issued a letter on September 1, 2013 to authors to become “a superhero for independent bookstores” by spending Small Business Saturday (November 30, 2013) hand-selling books at their local independent bookstore. When I first saw the letter, I was intrigued, but The Y …
My son-in-law is from the Philadelphia area. When he and my daughter toured northern Michigan recently, he told her that he had heard of Cheboygan and thought it was a fictional place. Works of fiction (and nonfiction) have an adorable place to hang out before they are purchased in this real town at Purple Tree …
I love book stores. I especially love independent book stores. These are businesses where the owners have a true love for their product. They care about books because they love books. Their business is focused on their community and the readers within it. And they are knowledgeable about the vast area of books and authors …
November. It’s an interesting month. The days grow colder as the darkness grows longer. We flip our clocks back an hour. Every November since 2008 I’ve made the pilgrimage to Traverse City, MI for the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan conference. My birthday falls in November. And since 2010, I’ve participated in National Novel Writing …
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