Blog
What is a blog, anyway? I can’t remember exactly when the word entered the lexicon, but I did most of my growing beforehand, I’m sure. Wikipedia tells me the term was first used in the late 1990s to refer to a new form of social networking, a “weblog,” as its name implies, with the most recent posts at the top, followed by its history in chronological order.
I have a feeling that I won’t be great at this. Never liked keeping a diary, hate having to do things on a regular schedule, even my laundry. That doesn’t mean I won’t get around to it, but as in many other aspects of life, no guarantees. However, I do plan to stick to posts that reflect the subject matter and places featured in my books.
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Naga Mandala
It’s not often that I’m able to attend Indian cultural events locally, but I was fortunate to see a performance of Naga-Mandala, a production created by a famous modern playwright. The plot, by Girish Karnad (1938-2019), was based on Indian…
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The Red Fort
In my novel, India Interlude, one of the first conflicts between two of the main characters, Sharon and Kevin, takes place at the Red Fort in Delhi. The friction between these two characters occurs at a site that has also…
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A Hint of Things to Come
So far, this website has been concerned with items related to my first novel, India Interlude. But I also have been working on my second one, a mystery, tentatively titled Pictures of Oxford: An Art Theft Mystery. In this one…
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Odissi Dance
I recently attended a master class in Odissi Indian classical dance taught by Bijayini Satpathy. That’s her, in the photo above, kneeling in front of several of the other students in the class. My novel, India Interlude, contains a scene…
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Off the Page
The Sarasota Library System is having a wonderful event this November. I hadn’t realized that this is something they do every year, but they bring exciting authors to town and have events especially for local writers. This year, I’m very…
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The Taj Mahal
It’s obvious that India Interlude is about India. It seems, then, that an image of the Taj Mahal is required, so here’s the obligatory photo. But the novel argues that this one building isn’t really a good illustration of the…