Month: September 2016

What Did We Expect? If someone suggested you dine at the Surf Club, touted to be “Best Authentic Somethingorother of 2013 in Nova Scotia,” what would you expect? Mariah Carey has dined there. Charles and Diana dropped in once. What will it be like? Besides damaging to the wallet. I mean, are we carrying the…

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This novel is a rather special take on a standard, “Teenager Who Finds Out Why She’s an Outsider” plotline. Special in that, in spite of the fact that this is Fantasy, the main character is very realistic. I mean, think about it. The kind of character who is usually the hero of this sort of…

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I’m always interested when someone takes a standard format and uses it in a new way. I mean, I read far too many zombie stories. But what about a tale of recovered zombies, who have become the latest visible minority to be trampled upon? And just to make it more interesting, drop the main character,…

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If women ran a war, what would it be like? I am always impressed when a writer takes a stand and sticks to it. In the case of “The War of the First Day,” the whole book is about women. The only males are unnamed enemy soldiers of the cannon fodder variety. Interesting that the…

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“Dreams and Shadows” is my kind of book. No, I mean it really is my kind of book. I’m also a novelist, and this is the kind of book I write. Which is not necessarily a good thing, because it is not quite what some readers expect. On the surface, this is a pretty standard…

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