By Kathryn Lane Houston hosted Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience. Not to miss an important event, Bob and I attended with friends from Angel Fire. So many exhibits are hyped up that we did not know what to expect. Then we left talking about what an amazing show we’d witnessed. First, you glimpse blowups of […]
By Kathryn Lane Mexico, my country of origin, is a cultural paradise. I always experience a nostalgic yearning for the traditions I grew up with, especially during the last quarter of the year, which is rich with festivities. Starting in September, we have holidays that spill over into multiple days, like the 15th and 16th […]
Interview by Kathryn Lane (Bethany Maines is such a dynamic interviewee that I’ve kept the interview pretty much as it happened. To edit would lose the spontaneity of her responses.) Bethany, I’m amazed by your dexterity as an author. You write in various genres, from crime fiction to mystery, to action adventure to sci-fi. Do […]
By Kathryn Lane Years ago, when I lived in the Outback of Australia, I often found myself alone for weeks at a time at the homestead while the men were in the field catching feral cattle. That solitude gave me time to read the Russian novels by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, and Pasternak to name a few. Dr. […]
By Kathryn Lane I love deadlines! They revitalize me. Twists and turns in my mystery novels become more exciting once I’m approaching the deadline with my editor. Not all deadlines are equal. Some are important; others can be juggled. Then there are deadlines I gleefully ignore. At times, I fantasize what would happen if I […]
By Kathryn Lane Peter Pan teaching his friends to FLY! Peter Pan is a child who never grows up because he has an ultimate belief in make-believe. Make-believe is similar to imagination. For those who do grow up, imagination provides the ability to be creative. The marvelous human mind can combine imagination with the disciplines […]
By Kathryn Lane The past three years, my husband and I have spent the summers in a cabin in northern New Mexico. We are isolated, in a way. We are connected to the outside world with excellent internet, workable phone communications, and muddy dirt roads during the rainy season. As I watch the deer, elk, […]
By Kathryn Lane I place my novels in countries where I traveled during my corporate job. Miami is a city where I attended many regional conferences. I also passed through the international airport innumerable times coming from or going to Latin America and the Caribbean. Yet I only saw the city from airline windows as […]
By Kathryn Lane A week’s’ worth of newspapers, yes, old-fashioned printed versions, beckoned me on the coffee table. I confess that in the midst of downsizing and moving, I’d been too busy to read them. Working my way through the papers, I hit serendipity! An article about the changing car culture. Ford’s 1896 Quadricycle What […]
By Kathryn Lane Fiction writers take ideas from everywhere, the reason a saying says, “Be careful what you say around me – I’m a fiction writer.” To prove the point, I’ll paraphrase one of T.S. Eliot’s quotes: “Good writers borrow; great writers steal.” Dreams offer me a favorite reservoir of ideas to borrow. I dream in full […]