Cause and Effect by Debra H. Goldstein Cause and effect. I find the philosophy of causality, that B immediately results from event A interesting conceptually; but as a mystery writer, I don’t believe things happen in a perfectly linear way. My vision is skewed. For me, rather than the main path being A to B, […]
Flying with Mary Poppins by Debra H. Goldstein Last night, I saw a community production of Mary Poppins that blew my socks off. I can’t say enough about the acting, singing, dancing, or sets, but it was during the instances when Mary Poppins took flight that I felt a surge of “practically perfect” happiness. The […]
Go Set A Watchman – a Draft Not a Sequel by Debra H. Goldstein Once upon a time, a book by Harper Lee titled To Kill a Mockingbird was published. The book was tightly written, had beautiful descriptions of the people living in a small southern town, and provided a moral compass for generations of […]
Writing Camp or Writing Work in Iowa by Debra H. Goldstein Fun – Freedom – Frolic are all things children experience when they attend summer camp. I recently had these same experiences plus a constant writing high when I spent ten days as a student at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. Everyday responsibilities and obligations […]
Summer Reading – Part II by Debra H. Goldstein For ten days, I forgot about being a writer. Instead, other than reading Murder on Wheels with an eye towards reviewing it, I let my mind forget about the tools of the trade and I read for pleasure. Biographies, cozies, thrillers, literary fiction – all were […]
The end of the school year always meant the beginning of the library’s summer reading challenge. My goal was to read the most books for my age level while enjoying what I was reading. Recently, when I finished the first draft of my WIP, I closed my computer and kicked off ten days of fun […]
I Wrote A Book by Debra H. Goldstein I wrote a book this week. Or, maybe it was last week? The days seem to run together when I’m writing well. Hours go by before I stiffly realize daylight has faded. I don’t know if the book is any good. I began writing it at the […]
Do Mystery Writers See the World in a Different Way?? by Debra H. Goldstein Do you think mystery writers see the world in a different way? My husband, children and friends do. For the past few years they have accused me of seeing events in our lives as fodder for storytelling. Recently, they complained that […]
Memories of Malice Domestic 27 by Debra H. Goldstein Not enough sleep as toastmaster Toni L.P. Kelner urged all of us to get during the weekend, but there definitely was plenty of fun, friends, and sharing of stories, beverages, and new experiences at the 2015 Malice Domestic Convention that now is in the history books. […]
My Husband is Living With A New Woman by Debra H. Goldstein My husband thinks he’s living with a new woman. He isn’t sure who I am. Suddenly, I’m doing things and talking about subjects that are absolutely foreign to what he associates with me. The fact is that we’ve been married long enough that […]