Mar 26, 2014 | Writing California, Writing life | 8 Comments
Jenni Brummett drew inspiration for Ribbon of Fog from a Marin County food magazine feature about the local dairy industry history in “Cow Heaven”, Point Reyes. The article told the story of an entrepreneurial woman who recognized San Francisco’s need for fresh cheese in the 1850’s.
Mar 19, 2014 | Writing California, Writing life | 4 Comments
Lorrie Farrelly’s contemporary romantic suspense novel Dangerous travels the rural roads that crisscross earthquake country; the dry rolling hills, chaparral, vineyards, undeveloped lands and higher mountain passes of a small lakeside California town.
Mar 5, 2014 | The Sheep Walker's Daughter, Uncategorized, Writing California, Writing life | 0 Comments
Los Altos in the Fifties was a great place to grow up. As many of the authors in this blog series have done, I set my novel The Sheep Walker’s Daughter partly in my hometown. Growing up, I spent a lot of time in my grandmother’s dance studio on Lundy Lane listening to her stories about life during the Depression and World War II. She saw a past. I saw a future.
Feb 26, 2014 | Writing California, Writing life | 1 Comment
James L’Etoile is a crime fiction writer with a cause; his upcoming release, Hollow Man, is set in the Sacramento Delta because Northern California has found itself center map for human trafficking. (I did not know that!)
Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized, Writing California, Writing life | 1 Comment
Pirate Tales takes place on a houseboat in the busy recreational harbor of Marina del Rey. The book is one in a series that keeps author Rick Stephens Murphy busy. Perhaps that’s why he let a tart-tongued, “it’s all about me” cat named Salty Tail narrate his bi-coastal tale of love and intrigue.
Feb 12, 2014 | Uncategorized, Writing California, Writing life | 0 Comments
Frank Tavares learned to love the culture, climate, and creativity of the San Joaquin Valley when he used to drive the stretch of road between L.A. and San Francisco on Highway 101, a personal therapy he misses since relocating to New England. Author of a short story collection, The Man Who Built Boxes (Bacon Press Books 2013) his characters deal with limitations–self-imposed or self-inflicted.