Monday, September 29, 2014

Margaret Mitchell




“I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.”
― Margaret Mitchell in Gone with the Wind

“You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.”
― Margaret Mitchell in Gone with the Wind



Scarlett O'Hara was no ordinary character, and that's what made her so interesting to read about.  According to a 2014 Harris poll, Gone With The Wind is the second favorite book of Americans after the Bible.  Margaret Mitchell wrote it to pass the time while recovering from a car accident.  If you're only going to write one book, what a book.

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Edgar Allan Poe

“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.” 

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —

Only this, and nothing more."

Edgar Allan Poe could make the hair go up on the back of your neck.  Why do people like to be scared?  Maybe it’s the relief you feel when you realize you’re okay.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Edgar Rice Burroughs


Edgar Rice Burroughs:  “No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment.  If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature...” 
In The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, St. Martin's Press, 1993, page 178, we read, "Tarzan is a remarkable creation, and possibly the best known fictional character of the century."  Because Edgar Rice Burroughs' books and characters were so popular, his thoughts and ideas and characters were able to have a positive influence on individuals and on society.


Thursday, September 25, 2014

eBook now available

Don't Marry Charity is now available at several ebook retailers.


Comedy adventure.  Who is this woman?  Why is she in trouble?  Can anyone save her?  Does anyone want too?

How can Dusty stand it?  Will he have to marry Charity to save her?  The more he tries to help, the worse things get.  She's so embarrassed by him, but she's in distress and needs him.  Is there more to Charity than meets the eye?  He can't help falling in love with her.  Can he save her?  Does he really have to marry her?





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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Don't Marry Charity was approved by Smashwords

Don't Marry Charity was approved by the distributor (Smashwords) for publication.  Copies soon to be available at ebook retailers (Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobe, Apple Ibooks,etc.).



Book Blurb:
Don't Marry Charity is a comedy adventure tale. Can Dusty Woodley, heroic national park ranger, save sweet Charity Leavenbread? He's determined to try; but no matter how noble his bumbling efforts, Charity's situation becomes more dire, her embarrassments more acute, her peril more precarious, and her distress more extreme. How can Dusty stand it? Will he have to marry Charity to save her?

Longer Book Introduction:
       Dusty Woodley is content. Life as a park ranger is simple and free of stress. He has a cabin on Mount Rainier, his job is not difficult, he takes tourists on bird watching hikes, and he even has a pet raccoon. He has no real problems. At least, he didn’t until his devious brother Stewart comes to visit.
       Don't Marry Charity is a comic tale of confused identities and mistaken love. It chronicles the heroic but bumbling struggles of Dusty Woodley as he attempts to succor innocent Charity Leavenbread from the scheming manipulations of blundering scoundrels caught in a futile contest of corporate espionage. Obstacles mount with each passing event and Dusty’s dismay increases beyond endurance as he is confronted by egotistical government agents, traitors and fools, a cabal of international ex-spies, and his manipulative brother Stewart, who takes great delight in tormenting and embarrassing Dusty at every opportunity.
       How can Dusty stand it? The more he tries to help Charity, the worse things get. Will he have to marry Charity to save her? Is there more to Charity than meets the eye? She wants him to stay out of the way, but he's falling in love with her. Can he save her? Does he really have to marry her?


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