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Williams says his characters don't come from his life, but a lot of people who have read his work find themselves within various character dynamics. At least the good ones.
This will be a big holiday gathering with as many as 10 local writers in genres from thrillers and murder mysteries (Brooke French and Kathryn Gualtieri) to children’s books (Frances
"Pine Grove," released this month by Park Place Publications, is a true story about fictional characters. Which is an easier way to write about unspeakable loss, particularly when trying to weave in hope and healing as the warp and weft of the tale. Honestly, though, there's nothing easy about it.
Things didn’t line up for D.K. Silver. Asking numbers to add up was unrealistic. She appreciated the artistry of the alphabet, as she drew their shapes in cursive longhand across the page. But expecting letters to gather into words was unlikely.
Carolyn Kleefeld is a spirit unfettered, who breathes with the rhythms of the Big Sur landscape but who also feels a certain vitality in traveling, in creating a world context for her creative expression. COVID curtailed that, but once she could continue to travel, she did, with her beloved David Compagna, a man she describes as Italian, Portuguese, a Mediterranean lover, a wise and humble partner and the great love of her life.