The Last Day of Ramadan
In The Last Day of Ramadan by Gandharva raja, a new novel by Gandharva raja, university student Gora and his friends in Delhi, India,...
Coffe With A Cop
Yesterday, my daughter Lorien graduated from the Howard County (MD) Police Academy as an auxiliary police officer. This is a volunteer...
Weird Since 1636
I recently visited Providence, Rhode Island, which has been “weird since 1636,” according to my grandson’s T-shirt. Providence was...
An Adventure of the Senses
My brother, Larry Haavik, is a fine musician who defines music as an “adventure for the ear.” I recently attended his two lectures on the...
Nonfiction: The Fiction Writer's Ally
Doing research for a novel can involve more than history books, archives, and the other usual resources for honing details of terrain,...
Getting the Most from a Writers' Conference
Since I’m president of the Maryland Writers’ Conference, I am privy to all the factors that go into producing this annual event in...
Way of the Word
What makes a better writer? I’ve been pondering this question after taking a class on award-winning short stories. The stories we read...
The Hunt for the Beltway Snipers
If you lived in the D.C. Metro Area in October, 2002, you remember the terror you felt as the Beltway Snipers killed people randomly on...
Historical Research: Mining for Gold
I am sometimes asked to speak on historical research for writers because of my two historical novels, Shadow of the Rock and In...
Hawke's Discovery - A Study in Ethics
Beacon Junction, Vermont, is a small town with a small town newspaper, the Weekly Clarion, but the ethical issues confronting the editor,...
