A Novel by Madeline Martin I belong to a reading group near my home away from home in Florida. It’s my first, and quite a delight to be able to share thoughts about books with other people. Most recently, we’ve been reading The Last Bookshop in London, subtitled “A Novel of World War Two” by […]
I’m taking a slightly different direction with today’s review of Sunshine Blues by Bob Calverley. He and I met virtually a few years ago when he reviewed my Vietnam-era novel, Wild Blue Yonder. We’ve kept in touch and over the intervening years, Bob has written three novels of his own. I thought his backstory might […]
In my novel Wild Blue Yonder [new edition coming out August 1], the main character, Nathaniel Hawthorne Flowers, is made a military newspaper correspondent. A thoughtful but incredibly naive young man, he writes the following editorial. You can just imagine what happens when he submits it to his sergeant-editor. Be that as it may, and […]