COMING THIS FALL: THIRD NOVEL IN THE NJA SERIES
First things first. Thank you to all who read my book, especially those who review and rate them. Nothing helps a writer more than genuine feedback. (There are times authors don’t feel that way, but good writers learn to appreciate readers’ reactions.) Between sales, Kindle Unlimited readers, promotional giveaway, several thousand copies of each novel […]
“A Borrower Be”: If You Like Shakespeare, You’ll Love This Story
Shakespeare was right about “neither a borrower nor a lender be.” Her’s a short story with a story of its own. Courtesy, National Gallery of Scotland Public Domain Courtesy, wallpaperit.com Every writer has a story they love, but no one else does. Sometimes the piece can be reworked; more often, it ends up stuffed in […]
JORDAN PETERSON: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
Photo courtesy of CBS Photo Couresty of The New Republic A BIT OF BACKGROUND When I started this blog, almost four years ago, the idea was to […]
TRANSGENDER SCHOOL GIRLS ARE THE LATEST TARGET OF REPUBLICAN HATE
So, if I open a purely private school, don’t take a dime from any government, and decide to allow transgender girls to play on pickup basketball games on the grounds of my private school….does Governor DeSantis send in his Gestapo to arrest me, like he did with that woman who exposed his COVID number lies? […]
A SIMPLE TWIST (A Provocative Tale of Hate)
Photo courtesy of Zach Vessels, Unsplash. A SIMPLE TWIST OF HATE By Stephen Shaiken ( c ) 2021 This is a work of fiction and creative imagination. Any similarity to actual people or events […]
MY CITRUS TREES HAVE FLOWERED
Taking a break from writing to admire the beautiful flowers on my citrus trees in Tampa, Florida. I’ll be a better writer for it. (Clockwise from upper left: orange, Persian Lime, Kalamandi, calamansi.)
IT’S THE FILIBUSTER, STUPID!
The Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the $15 an hour minimum wage is not properly part of a budget reconciliation, and thus, can’t be voted on as part of that package. This means that the only way to achieve it is a direct Senate vote. The problem is that with the filibuster as a weapon, forty […]
MY VACCINATION DAY
REPORT FROM THE VACCINATION TRAIL I am one of the luckiest people in Hillsborough County, FL. I am one of the 10,500 Hillsborough residents inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine. On January 4, 1500 vaccines were made available to people over sixty five; the website crashed in thirty seconds, and no one answered the phones; no one has […]
EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO HEAR THIS NOW
2021 To Be A Big Year For My Writing
My cat, Curious, who keeps me company as I struggle to create. A welcome goodbye to 2020. We have just bid farewell to the worst year America has endured over my lifetime, and I was born during the second Truman Administration. 2020 ended with numerous new historical records we’d hope to never see: a raging, […]