Category Archives: characters

Guest: Author Jeanne Matthews

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

Today I am pleased to have as my guest Jeanne Matthews, best known for her Dinah Pelerin international mysteries.   Welcome, Jeanne! We have only become Facebook Friends recently yet we had met before.  Jeanne, you probably don’t remember meeting … Continue reading →

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What’s Keeping You Busy This Week?

Posted on August 2, 2019 by

“FREE” week! Yeah, right! I’m anything BUT free this week. School starts for the Granddaughters, with the last trips to Cheer and practices before the school busses step up and be the shuttle instead of the grandparents. Last ‘last-minute’ gathering … Continue reading →

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Read and Reread

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

“Do you read your own books? Why or why not?” Yes, I read my own writings. What can I say? I put too much in to them not to keep them in mind. And after I have written something, it often … Continue reading →

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In a Rut?

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

Question: Are there certain characteristics that show up in our books? For me, the quick answer is NO. I have not written any two stories that are anything alike in the least, be they fictional, based on true stories or … Continue reading →

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Commonalities in My Stories

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

Do Certain Characteristics Recur in My Fiction? By Jeff Salter I’ve occasionally day-dreamed that one day my fiction [or poetry] would become famous enough that I’d have a literary biographer go through my material – published and unpublished – and … Continue reading →

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Characteristics of my Work

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

Are there certain characteristics that pop up in most of your books? The answer to this question is yes. To begin, my main characters are all good, ethical people. I write bad guys who are far from ethical, but my … Continue reading →

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Guest: Author Deb Marlowe

Posted on July 11, 2019 by

I have been a FB Friend of Deb Marlowe’s for some time. She and I have a number of mutual writer friends and we are both big iced tea lovers. I enjoy her posts, her humor, she can write and … Continue reading →

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