Light & Dark
These two little words are fraught with BIG symbolic meaning! We are familiar with the obvious uses: The Light of knowledge or the Darkness of the Soul, but writers can use darkness and light in a myriad of ways! Light or enlightenment can refer to: goodness...Word Magic
Agents and folks in the writing/publishing biz tell wanna-be authors to learn their craft, to learn the magic of words, plot, and voice! They also suggest reading lots of books in your genre. Well, I can tell you there’s a VAST Grand Canyon-size difference...Imagery
WE love movies because we can SEE the action and HEAR voices. And until theaters have surround Smell & Touch—as Aldous Huxley wrote about in Brave New World—the WRITTEN word still has the advantage! In literary terms, IMAGERY is a picture made from...Homeric Values
What can we learn about age-old struggles or heroes from Homer? No, not Homer Simpson, Homer, author of the Greek epics ( short for really-really -really long) poem, The Iliad and The Odyssey. Skip the next several sentences if you remember reading these. A SUPER...Seasons in Literature
There is a season…write, write, write—what? That’s not the song’s lyrics? Before you write that plot, stop and think about season! ( Even Southern California has seasons–sort of). The symbolism found in seasons has deep roots in...
Review excerpt from SHADE TREE BOOK REVIEWS: recommend Merkabah as a must read, especially for the para-normal, ancient history, thriller seeker, audience, and anyone who wants a novel that seems to turn the pages for you as you dive between the covers and into the thick of the story with Daphne and S.J.
Review excerpt from SHADE TREE BOOK REVIEWS: As with any great first novel in a series, it left me panting and begging for more. The second novel in the series, The Merkabah Deception utilized The Recruit as a diving platform to send me deep into the muck and mire of the ancient gods and demons ongoing battle of the spiritual world.
Review excerpt from SHADE TREE BOOK REVIEWS: The story between Daphne, the introverted doctoral candidate/college professor, and S. J., the demi-god/Nephilim heats to a boil as the “Watchers” seem to become more involved in the love affair between a human and a Watcher. This is only the sideline to the action-filled storyline as Daphne’s powers as a Merkabah continue to increase and she continues to fight the demons that are co-habiting earth with us mere earthlings.
