Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Have you ever based a character on a real person? Have you ever used a TV or movie character as inspiration for a character in your stories?  To begin, I suppose most authors must have a certain type of hero … Continue reading →

Blurb From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a profoundly moving novel about a diplomatic couple who risked their lives to help Viennese Jews escape the Nazis, based on the true story of Dr. Ho Fengshan, Righteous Among the … Continue reading →

I decided that I need to read more this year. Not only am I reading through classics that I have not yet read but I am also want to read books from authors who are new to me. I have … Continue reading →

Or… What I Imagine It Must Be Like to Own An Opulent Home by Jeff Salter Topic: If you could spend one evening in a multi-millionaire’s home:       a. what’s the first thing you’d want to see?       b. what … Continue reading →

If you could spend one evening in a multi-millionaire’s home:1. what’s the first thing you’d want to see?2. what would you expect to find? NOT expect to find?3. what could ruin that experience (of spending an evening in a millionaire’s … Continue reading →

When ‘remote control’ was what YOU had to do while your Dad was watching TV in his favorite chair By Jeff Salter How many of y’all remember being outside, twisting the pole for the TV antenna / aerial, while your … Continue reading →

A few years ago I did a tea for three of my favorite friends. It was so much fun that I meant to do it every year, but life got in the way, and I never did. That’s about to … Continue reading →