Night's Redemption: A Detective Matt Deal Thriller Book 5 Night’s Redemption tells the story of a small-town lawyer who risks everything to seek justice for an innocent man, like Atticus Finch in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Night’s Redemption is set in current-day Montana, whereas the setting of ‘Mockingbird’ is 1960s Alabama. Ignorance,… Continue reading Review of Night’s Redemption by Stephen Bentley
Revised Originally published May 19, 2022 My favorite poet Emily Dickinson sent her poems to The Atlantic Monthly Magazine in 1862. Editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson promptly rejected them. Emily suffered deeply from the rejection. What did Emily do when she received the news that the editor was not interested in her writing? She wrote even more… Continue reading Winning and Losing Writing Competitions
Originally published May 19, 2022 My favorite poet Emily Dickinson sent her poems to The Atlantic Monthly Magazine in 1862. Editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson promptly rejected them. Emily suffered deeply from the rejection. What did Emily do when she received the news that the editor was not interested in her writing? She wrote even more poems!… Continue reading Winning and Losing Writing Competitions
Monthly Writing Challenge For this challenge, you will write an original poem, blog post or brief story using a prompt of a painting, sculpture, drawing, photography or art exhibit which I’ll provide each month. You will have a month to post your poem/story on this blog. You can also post your challenge responses on your… Continue reading Let’s Go to the Museum! Writing Challenge #2
When I tell people that I live in Mexico, the most common remark is "It must be fun to sit on the beach all day!" "So you live in Mexico City?" is another question I get. Cancun is a popular vacation spot so people ask if I live there. "Our cruise stopped in Puerto Vallarta.… Continue reading Where In the World Am I?
Red, orange, white, yellow, pink, fuscia, peach. My mother-in-law loved flowers and roses were her favorite. Since she loved all colors, she planted whatever seedlings she found. My husband and I visited her for years so I watched those rose bushes from the beginning. I helped her water a little but she really didn't like… Continue reading December Roses
The novel is set in the Colorado mountains in 1882. I thought the author described the mountains and characters in an excellent way. I was able to envision all the scenes of this story. Delilah is a tough young woman who was recently released from a two-year prison sentence for killing her step-father who had… Continue reading Delilah: The Frontier Romance: A Western (A Colorado Western Saga Book 1)
Hello! I am happy to take part in Sunflower Publishing's blog tour for author Nicole T. Smith. Her book We Have Shadows Too was a pleasure to read and I'm glad I got the chance to review it. Here is a copy of my review. We Have Shadows Too is the story of Rella Cooper, a… Continue reading Blog Tour for We Have Shadows Too by Nicole T. Smith
Today is the letter "C" on the A-Z Blog Challenge. An image of a coffee shop immediately came to mind when I knew I was going to write today's blog. I visited a place with this name in Scotland, Mexico, Canada, Chicago-they are everywhere. They're all the same. Only this one was named Corner Coffee… Continue reading The Corner Coffee Cafe
Today is letter "B" in the A-Z Blog Challenge http://a-zchallenge.com Every morning I go outside to check the progress of my vegetables and flowers. Two weeks ago I planted tomatoes and green beans. I have five small plastic pots in which I filled with dirt three-fourths full. I made four holes in the surface… Continue reading Blooms Buds and New Beginnings
