Among the many things happening in The Year of Dan Palace, one is an incidental love double-helix.
Strand 1: Nina loves Dan loves April.
Strand 2: Andy loves Jenny wants Dan.
In a typical love triangle, each of the participants somehow knows the other two. In the case of Nina, Dan, April, Andy, and Jenny, this isn’t always the case.
Nina and April have never met.
Neither have Jenny and April.
In the interest of recording history, I recently interviewed a friend who deployed to Iraq several years ago. I chose him because he’s honest and thoughtful, and because of his experience. He’s been on two combat deployments to Iraq and six non-combat deployments to various countries around the world. L. Andrew Arlint, who joined the … Read more
Reggie Lutz is one of those people whose feed you look forward to when scrolling absently through Facebook. Her updates are engaging and off the wall, and seemingly effortless in a social media world that I’ve learned requires a certain kind of savvy that doesn’t come naturally to everyone. She also writes beautifully – her … Read more
There once was a wild comic genius Whose natural gift was to please us. But his gestures and jokes Were Technicolor smoke Hiding secrets to rival Berzelius.
A woman who loved Fifty Shades Was bored by her dull husband Dave. When she’d say, “No, honey” He’d sneak her worn copy And read every folded down page.
There once was a jeweler named Earl Whose fear was the end of the world. The pitchers of beer Worked to silence his fears ‘Til the night he drunk-choked on a pearl.
There once was a cat named McGoo Whose dead owner became kitty food. This might make cats scary, But when things get hairy… Look. Starving, you’d eat the guy, too.
There once was a young man named Tuck Who carried a gun in his truck. He’d shoot it at melons Ignorin’ the yellin’ Of hunters out tryin’ to kill ducks.
Originally published in the Journal Inquirer by Kristen J. Tsetsi When Good Ole Tom’s owner Tom Tinney travels between residences in Florida, Arizona, and Connecticut, he doesn’t fly. He has a nice car, he said, and he enjoys being in it. In late February he’s due to return to Connecticut from Arizona to tend to … Read more
I had so much fun interviewing RJ Keller about The Wendy House (working title) before that I thought I’d do it again. (Admittedly, I might have been finding a passive-aggressive way to say, “Hurry up and finish so I can read it!”)
Q: Let’s just dive right in, shall we? I, like many, have been
