Norman in the Painting Chapter Four: Jill visits Maggie, her best friend who is confined to a wheelchair and owns the only art gallery in town. The next morning, Jill ran to the Apollo Gallery planning to arrive by 8:00 a.m. Maggie usually opened early, before Evelyn did. Several clients’ monthly bookkeeping had to be […]
Norman in the Painting Quote
Norman in the Painting, Chapter Three when Norman disappears again: “A strong waft of air swooped into the space. Jill, with eyes closed as her hair blew into her face, clasped the edge of the desk . She couldn’t hang on any longer and fell to the floor.”
Quotes by Dorothy Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers was a novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. However, she considered her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy to be her best work. She was born on June 13, 1893. She was a good friend of C.S. Lewis. Here are some quotes by Sayers: “Do you […]
A Motif in Norman in the Painting
Foo dogs are a motif in my novel Norman in the Painting. Here is an excerpt from Chapter One. Jill meets Norman for the first time when he appears in the antique shop and asks Jill what she is holding. She answers foo dogs and he wants to more about them: “They are believed to […]
Quotes by Graham Green
“Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.” Graham Greene was an English novelist and author regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Born October 2, 1904 in the United Kingdom and died April 3, 1991 in Switzerland.
A Story from Coming of Age Croneicles by Ann Winfred
My friend, Ann Winfred in Texas writes poignant stories. Here is one I reblogged from her site: http://comingofagecroneicles.com/house-on-the-monte/ House on the Monte by Ann Winfred When my editor at the CACTUS SUN TIMES suggested I cover the demolition of the old Carson house, I jumped at the chance to escape the office. I called my […]
Writer Cullen McCullers Quotes
Born Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917 in Georgia, she died on September 29, 1967 at age 50. She was a novelist in the Southern Gothic Genre. Her first novel at age 22 was The Heart is a Lonely Hunter about the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a U.S. Southern small town. […]