Reading Time: < 1 minute Out with “Write in the Middle,” in with “Living Here Together.” The new blog focuses on things we all share, from sunsets to holidays to walks down Memory Lane. Continue reading Turning over a new leaf
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whatever happened to my promised “Living Here” collection? I try to explain. Meanwhile, I’m moving on to other projects, starting with a remake of this blog. Continue reading ‘Living Here’ — Letting go
Reading Time: 4 minutes – REVIEW – The book’s most diverting chapter is a bit of fiction. In “The Adventure of the Empty Chair,” Sherlock Holmes unveils a secret of Spiritualism and foils a demonic plot. Continue reading ‘Houdini and Spiritualism’
Reading Time: 5 minutes -WRITING LIFE- Creating a cast for a one-act play about the medium who baffled Houdini seemed simple–until research showed there was more to the story. Continue reading ‘Margery’ character studies
Reading Time: 4 minutes — WRITING LIFE — Wanting to trod the boards with playwright Henry Fielding, I take my story about Houdini and Margery to my first playwriting class. Continue reading The curtain rises on a play
Reading Time: 6 minutes – FICTION – ‘It’s too far’ said the tiny voice in the back seat. ‘Yes,’ her dad responded, ‘But look how far we’ve come!’ From “He Said, She Said.” 1,500 words. Continue reading ‘Are We There Yet?’
Reading Time: 4 minutes – REVIEW -To tell the whole story of the Margery mediumship would require voluminous research: newspaper coverage, personal correspondence and university archives, museum collections, stories told and retold by friends and family. I would never have the time or the scholarship to pull off a project like this one. Fortunately, someone finally did. Continue reading ‘The Witch of Lime Street’
Reading Time: 6 minutes – WRITING LIFE – A story with great characters, conflict, action, and humor dropped on my desk as an intern. What to do? Second in a series. Continue reading Harry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill
Reading Time: 5 minutes – WRITING LIFE – How an internship for Reader’s Digest launched my interest in Houdini and a story that would haunt me for life. Continue reading Nothing up my sleeve…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Here’s a lighthearted view of what it’s like to work at Bubble Wrap Brand headquarters, as depicted by one of Sealed Air’s problem-solving mechanical engineers. Continue reading Happy Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!
