I've got back-to-back reviews up at Shiny New Books, with my review of the new Folio Society edition of Charmed Life posted this week. Neil Gaiman and I have at least one thing in common: we both started reading Diana Wynne Jones when we picked up one of her books at age 16 in the … Continue reading Over at Shiny New Books: Charmed Life
The lovely folks at Braided Way: Faces and Voices of Spiritual Practice have posted my essay "Relearning the Alphabet," originally published in Parabola. I'm happy to have this long-ago creation now available online. Each time we speak, we give birth. Something of our soul goes forth into the world, embodied in air. It is remarkable … Continue reading Over at Braided Way: Relearning the Alphabet
I've just reviewed the third volume of Elodie Harper's Wolf Den trilogy, The Temple of Fortuna, for Shiny New Books. My short review is: "Read these books, they're excellent." (With caveats to those who may be triggered by descriptions of sexual abuse - the central character is forced into prostitution in ancient Pompeii - or … Continue reading Over at Shiny New Books: The Temple of Fortuna
Earlier this year, when I read the book Once There Was by Kiyash Moncef, I was impressed by how a first-time author managed such to create such a satisfying mix: excitement, humor, friendship and a hint of romance, beauty and danger, and a moving, emotional finale. When Kiyash Moncef graciously agreed to an interview, I … Continue reading Over at Calmgrove: My Witch Week interview with author Kiyash Moncef
In the latest issue of Authors Publish Magazine, there's a piece I wrote about the process of choosing a title for my forthcoming book: When a book I’d written chronicling my spiritual and healing journey was accepted by a publisher, I didn’t expect the process of publication itself to hold further spiritual challenges. Choosing a … Continue reading Over at Authors Publish: A Title Is Born
The online magazine Motherwell, which describes itself as "telling all sides of the parenting story," has published an essay I wrote about reading to my son, titled "Why it's important to read aloud to our teenagers." Here's how it starts: “Mom, could you read to me?” Virus-ridden and miserable, my son was lying on the … Continue reading Over at Motherwell: Bringing back read-aloud time with a teenager
I was thrilled when the Folio Society chose The Neverending Story by Michael Ende as a book to produce in celebration of their 75th anniversary. I find it a most suitable choice, because it's a book about the power of reading and the imagination. He picked up the book and examined it from all sides. … Continue reading At Shiny New Books: The Neverending Story
Today, I am honored to be the author of the inaugural post of this year's Witch Week, a celebration of fantasy literature that I began some years ago and that now carries on thanks to the good graces of Calmgrove and Lizzie Ross, Writer. The theme this year is Treason and Plot, and when asked … Continue reading Witch Week 2021 begins!
A couple of other places you can find posts by me this week: At Shiny New Books a review of a powerful new novel set in the brothels of ancient Pompeii, The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper. And my essay "Seeking the Honey of Life" was published in Kosmos Quarterly. I'm honored to be part … Continue reading Enchanted elsewhere
