What’s this about? Sgt. Hervatine dedicated twenty-eight years to military service. At the time of her death, she was serving with the 144th Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard, based in Fresno, California.
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b.read.crumbs : It’s the Wrong Story!
Wherein the reader gets lost in ill-defined woods and loses the will to care THE BLATHERING You know this one: “Sleeping Beauty,” or in the Blue Fairy Book, “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.” Just in case you missed it or have forgotten the story, I’ll paraphrase and throw in some comments for free. King…
The Third Element by Randy Lyman
Ever feel like there’s a piece of the puzzle being kept from you? Randy Lyman offers it up in his latest book, The Third Element. More than that, he’s holding a giveaway of the book and his time. If manifestation is so great, why does it feel like banging your head against a brick wall?…
Robert Garner McBrearty – 3 Questions & a Cover
A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life. Question1 What’s your Go-To source when you need inspiration? Reading stories by other writers is a main source of inspiration. I will read a few pages of a favorite book, or sometimes something new that has come to my…
Real American Hero: Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez
What’s this about? Namesake of the U.S.S. Gonzalez Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez enlisted in the Marine Corps in June 1965. He served as a rifleman with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion for a year, then served with 3rd Marine Division (Rein), where he was promoted to Private First Class on January 1, 1966; to Lance Corporal on…
Real American Hero: Daniel Ken Inouye
What’s this about? Daniel Inouye served in the U.S. Army during World War II—the first time we fought against Nazis. He served in a 442d Regimental Combat Team, a segregated unit composed of Nisei soldiers and led by whites. Inouye lost his right arm while charging machine gun nests on a hill in San Terenzo,…
b.read.crumbs : Lost in the Forest of Excess Verbiage
Once upon a time the story went on and on and on…. My prompt this month is the fairy tale “The Yellow Dwarf.” I’d never read it before Julie and I started working from The Blue Fairy Book, and apparently no editor ever read it, either. It’s filled with disparate characters and fizzling plotlines that…
Janisse Ray – 3 Questions & a Cover
A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life. Question 1 So much of your work is rooted in family. Despite the love for them that is obvious in your writing, have any of your family members insisted that you delete portions about them? Members of my family…
Of All The Gin Joints - guest post by actor and author Rick Lenz
I was in school when James Dean died. It seemed like such a big deal. He only made three movies, but he got through to millions of young people on a gut level, far beyond what the usual Hollywood hype could have generated. A few years after acting with John Wayne, another star who had…
b.read.crumbs: Finding Your Way to an Unknown Land
crossposted from Julie Herman’s blog How does one find one’s way to an unknown land? Well, if you are the heroine (silly girl) in the Blue Fairy Tale Book‘s, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, then you make a mistake about listening to sage advice, and then must ride pillar to post looking for…
