At the San Francisco Writers Conference this year, Cara Black sat at a table near the book seller in the Room of the Dons. I talked with her about the locations in Paris where her books take place. Her latest one is on the Champ De Mars and it will be available in paperback on […]
Live Kelly & Michael Show’s Marriage Proposals Topic on ABC
I watch very few TV programs, but I had the Live Kelly & Michael show playing today while I sorted receipts and looked for my tax spreadsheet to fill out before Friday. She gave statistics, which I don’t remember, about how many women were unhappy with their husband’s marriage proposal and wished they could change […]
Pont Neuf Setting and Collaborative Plots in Written Across the Genres
My anthology, Written Across the Genres, has two Dock Stories toward the end of the book. The setting is Paris, the dock is below the Pont Neuf, the oldest of the 37 bridges that cross the Seine River. Both versions are collaborative stories. I wrote the first paragraph and each person in my two writing […]
Eiffel Tower from Champs Elysees
The view near the apartment where we stayed. When the Tower sparkled, we rushed to it.
Eiffel Tower
Back from Europe
On the plane ride to France, I read Cara Black’s Murder in Glichy. Each of her mysteries take place in a different part of Paris. Reading her book and being in two countries for a few days made me want to use European settings for future stories.The Air France Bus I took from the airport […]
Ernest Hemingway’s Quote About Paris
Ernest Hemingway said, “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” I’d like to write a story or a novel set in Paris. I’ve visited there twice and have […]