Update: Between Now and Forever in now listed as BOOK FOUR of the “Enter the Between” fiction series. BETWEEN NOW AND FOREVER, the first book in the “Enter the Between” series, is available at Amazon! What can you expect from this story? Well…some of the keywords I’ve coined for this paranormal adventure are: Personal growth […]
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Twilight Zone to Visionary Fiction
My protagonist, Marjorie Veil Sunwalker gives her input, and then, well, I share a bit about my fascination with fairy tales as a child and The Twilight Zone as a teen. In my adult life, well…there’s Dean Koontz, James Long, and Joanne Harris, for starters.
Elk Grove Citizen’s Lifestyle
The following article about how my family came to California from Holland and settled in Elk Grove was published on August 1, 2013 in Elk Grove Citizen’s Lifestyle section by Elizabeth Pinkerton. Elk Grove’s Multicultural Festival is Aug. 24 and to celebrate our diversity, today’s focus is on another Supergrad, Margaret van Steyn Duarte (Class of ‘67). […]
Story Comes First/Horse in Front of the Cart
A fellow writer once told me, “You’re a better writer than I am, but I’m a better story teller.” Guess who’s published today? While I fretted over writing the perfect sentence, she concentrated on story.
Oat Harvest 2013, What Goes Around Comes Around
The phrase, “What goes around comes around,” rings especially true on a farm. As does, “You reap what you sow.” Harvest, a Family Affair When we began our oat harvest in April, my first thought was, Here we go again. My second thought was, Finally a return on our investment. Harvesting is a family affair. My […]
Negative Thoughts Hamper Our Growth and Need to be Uprooted
Emerson said that Shakespeare didn’t have better life experiences than we do. He just knew how to weed out the fluff and make room for his thoughts to spread and grow into magnificent stories that survived the passage of time.
