River of Stones begins 20 years after the end of The Astreya Trilogy. Mairi and Trogen, the twin daughter and son of Astreya and Lindey are 18, and have risen up the ranks to second mate. Here’s the pitch: Only … Continue reading
My nine days in England were time-warped. Continue reading
Interview by Carol Anne Meehan, award-winning radio and tv journalist. We talked mostly about The Astreya Trilogy and The Hippies Who Meant It. Click Here
I originally wrote and published this item a few years ago. In upgrading my website, it vanished. Here it is again. Glenn Gould would be 84, if he had not died in 1982 at the age of 50. We all … Continue reading
Jessica: I’m not sure I would qualify Awash in Talent as an allegory per se, but I certainly intended the Talents to represent differences in society … that tend to be marginalized Continue reading
This is my niece Jane in 2015. Here she is again, reading. When Jane is reading, she is in her own world. She is nine. She wants to be a writer. So I wrote to her early in 2016. Chelsea, … Continue reading
What does it mean that they “meant it”? I think it’s the idea of perseverance, despite hardships and social ostracism. Continue reading
Many thanks to Anastasia Philopoulos and The Low Down to Hull and Back. http://www.lowdownonline.com
A glimpse into the most populous area of the world at a time when it was largely misunderstood or ignored by Europe and America. Continue reading
The whole thing was strangely reminiscent of scoring a baggie of weed in those high and far off times about which The Hippies Who Meant It was written. Continue reading