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Dear Reader; a warning. You may be entering a RANT zone! I got an invitation by e-mail to sign-up for a “luxury weekend” writers’ retreat to be held at an upscale lodge with water views, loads of charm and … Continue reading
See you in September. ***** My Kindle Books! *4 Spooky Short Stories *A Thorn of the Crown *Paper Cuts *Timothy Holbrook and the Zombie Curse*Tomorrow Will Take Care of Itself Copyright 2011 by Spencer Schankel. All Rights Reserved.
I’m about to go where no blogster has dared go before; skating on thin ice, working without a net, leaping over ten flaming automobiles on a Harley. So here’s the deal. Sacrilege warning! I’ve just read my umpteenth obituary, ode … Continue reading
A reader wants to know why I write in so many different genres. Sometimes I wonder that myself and my first response is that I have to be totally interested to write anything at all. I have a graveyard of … Continue reading
A woman e-mailed asking how I prepared to write a novel. Apparently this reader has experience with short stories and commercial non-fiction and has a book in her. The short answer, dear reader, is that I haven’t a clue. That’s … Continue reading
A reader asked how I came to write a “woman’s book.” She was referring to A Thorn of the Crown on Kindle. Actually, dear reader, I didn’t exactly write the book. It started as a sort of competition between me … Continue reading
A writer sent a note asking why, if I was so enthusiastic about Philip Corbett’s new book White Sands I only gave it four stars—when he said—it sounds like a five-star review? There are many reasons, reader. IMHO only books … Continue reading