Greetings, readers. Welcome to Wednesday Words. Today I honor the author, Salman Rushdie, an award-winning India-born author of many books. Although I’m not a big fan of his magical realism fiction, I do admire his nonfiction, which is like listening to him talk with you across a café table. Down … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers, and welcome back to Wednesday Words. Today, I’m happy to share one of my poems, “Elsewhere,” published in The Florida Writer magazine in the October 2024 issue. That’s the magazine of The Florida Writers Association. But first … I want to say a few words about the devastating … [Read more…]
Greetings, subscribers. I write this on November 18th after receiving an issue of a newsletter called Cult News 101 bearing this headline: November 18th is International Cult Awareness Day. At the end of this post, I have republished it with permission from Patrick Ryan, a publisher of Cult News 101. … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers! It’s November and we’re celebrating another Undertow birthday. Eight years ago this month, New Wings Press, LLC published my memoir that you probably know about — Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International. What you may not know, is that not long … [Read more…]
Hi subscribers! Welcome again to Wednesday Words. Today’s focus is on the purpose of a book’s preface. What’s it there for, why bother reading it? But first… Speaking of books, did you know September 22 – 28, 2024, is Banned Books Week, which was established as long ago as 1982? … [Read more…]