The average person thinks of someone being "in the dark" as someone who is uninformed. That is not the case with writers, at least not in this conversation of mine at this time. When I think of a writer "in the dark" I am talking about the secret place to which the writer goes: her …
Morning, true and clear
Hi. A bit off topic this morning, not about writing or reading, but about contemplating something from another day or time. Before everything starts, before everyone wakes, it's Saturday morning, true and clear; without complications, without drama, without heartache. The morning will always give that sense of hope, grace, gratitude. It's there, you just have …
Five Reasons Why We Write
© by Lydia Nolan April 11, 2019 Five Reasons Why We Write © by Lydia Nolan April 11, 2019 When I was a six or seven-year-old child my cousin said that I would be a writer. I looked at her with a blank stare. I did not believe her, much …
Review of “Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt
Review: “Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt Posted on March 30, 2019by L.Nolan, Editor “The panic that overtook me then was hard to explain. Those game days broke up with a swiftness, a sense of losing blood almost, that reminded me of watching the apartment in New York being boxed up and carted away: groundlessness and flux, nothing …
Who is Capable Anymore?
I keep reading how "this generation is muddying up the entire culture by its Zombian characteristics. You know, education has created students without creativity, only good for multiple choices, no innovation, all robotic responses. Have you heard this? Am I overreacting? Perhaps. But I might throw a few examples out to you. While the prior …
Review: The Roads We Take
Most of us have heard of J. D. Salinger, and the famous novel: “The Catcher in the Rye.” In fact, that novel (1951), and the author, Jerome David Salinger, who has since died (1/27/2010) at the ripe age of 91, has been a mainstay in high schools across America for what the novel deals with: …
The Joy of Multi-Sensual Reading, or What does the Mind of an OCD genius look like?
Have you ever found yourself reading three or four books at once? Well, not "at once," exactly, but taking turns reading some tomorrow, and a little of yet another the afternoon, and yet another in the evening before bed, and.... you catch my meaning. It sometimes concerns me that I am acutely bored easily, and …
IBC Review Section. Vol.1, S1
How many agents does it take to screw a lightbulb? Depends upon how far and how bright the light; the reach of the light, what little distractions that may hinder the light; the kind of bulb that can give light for how long.... Does that sound complicated? That's because it is. There are so many articles, …
The Series: The Longmire Mystery Series
Do you like mysteries? Do you like westerns? Do you like contemporary western/cultural mysteries? You will like this series then. While these short novels are not academic by any means, and are very simple reading, they are exciting if you like the midwest landscape imagery, the theme of mystery and all its tenets, and the cultural …
Review: Four Souls, by Louise Erdrich
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich (2004). Harper Collins. New York, NY. ISBN 0-06-620975-7 This book is not your usual crime thriller, hero adventure, erotics, romance; frightful, playful or simple novel. It is about the life of people whose thoughts, ideas, values and beliefs are different than the usual American norm: coming from the perspective of …
The Plot Thickens 
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