MONTE CLARK'S LAST INTERVIEW in WHAT IT...
MONTE CLARK Right Tackle 1956 - 1958 I came out of Kingsburg, California. It's a tiny California farm town in the San Joaquin Valley, so small that Bakersfield is considered a big city, so to speak. Our rivals were towns like Chowchilla. However, two of the greatest athletes of all time came from Kingsburg. Rafer Johnson was ahead of me. He won the 1960 decathlon at the Rome Olympics. ...
Profanity in Young Adult Fiction (or any...
This subject has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time. The subject recently came up in the Utah Children's Writer's message board, and there are a lot of people who say profanity is needed to make a scene believable or credible.I for one, do not believe using profanity in ANY book is necessary, adult or young adult. I've seen many books depicting bad characters who use profanity, but the ...
Call yourself Something!
I will pick the adorable Missy up from the Animal Sanctuary on Monday. We got the all clear! Our home is deemed suitable for yet, another pet. Missy will be number three. Bella the cat and Lenny the Beagle have all come before her. I am excited at the prospect. Still did not mention the possibility of her being pregnant to hubby. No harm in a little secrecy. Right? The vet can decide. I will ...
Release of Children of the Mist
19 June 2009 RELEASE DAY! June 19th saw the official release of the sequel to my debut novel 'Starquest'. I have to tell you I loved writing 'Starquest' it was 'the book of my heart' as they say - but I really enjoyed writing 'Children Of The Mist' too, and the characters had a few surprises for me, which were fun to discover along the way.
Movie/Book: “What Dreams May Come”...
With the sharing of art, words, ideas, dreams, telepathic experiences, deep connections, and more, during this past week, the movie that comes to me is, “What Dreams May Come” based on the book of the same title by Richard Matheson. I love this movie and am moved each time I see it. It’s simply a visual masterpiece. I read the book some years after seeing the movie. Usually, there ...
I Like This Red Room Thing!
I just signed up today, and am concentrating on getting my profile and published works up first. Most of what I have done so far that has been published is nonfiction and essay. I have some fiction too, which I will post later. I live in Montana, but since I am a member of the Ioway tribe, a lot of what I have written and published is about Iowa, our homeland which was named for us.This fall ...
Oh Boy, You Made Mom Mad
Our little boy came into the house tonight, telling us about a PS2 game that was for sale. We had agreed earlier that if he really wanted, he could pay for it himself.Well tonight he came in and said there was another one for sale for only 60 bucks. Only thing was there was no wires with it, that’s’ ok he said we have the wires. On that note Mom said no, we will talk about it later.Five ...
Eight Questions for David Farley
David Farley's work as a travel writer has appeared in national magazines, web publications, and newspapers including the The New York Times, The Washington Post, Conde Nast Traveler, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Playboy, National Geographic Traveler and WorldHum.com. He has lived in some of the world's most fascinating cities including Prague, Rome, and, currently, New York. Now his ...
Bedbugs
M scrubs the floor with a wet t-shirt, eyes peeled for bedbugs. She’d been bitten all night and ignored my comment that she has sweet blood. She has zero tolerance for jerkiness and shoves aside my pile of record albums and grabs the Windex. She squirts a spiral galaxy into the chafed pine floor then balls the t-shirt up and punches into every sneaky crevice. “Dump some of this crap,” she ...
Hole in the universe
On the acupuncture front, walked 3 miles or so, largely uphill, from downtown Santa Cruz to home... first time I've done this walk in a couple years. Including meandering tree-lined path up Bay Street... walk almost as good as swimming... --- G. at her film group. Poking around in my journal... come across entry based on 2007 science story, "Astronomers find a hole in the universe... ...
