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South City Mosaic: Life On Alaska by Glenn Sartori
by coldcoffee March 07, 2016Sit back in your favorite chair and revisit my early years with me. I have been a lifelong resident of St. Louis and grew up in the South City on a street called Alaska. My grade school adventures wil ... more
Some Thoughts on Writing
by JhawkerRon on March 07, 2016I have been writing, in one form or another, for most of my life. I learned the techniques and skills of writing by toiling for almost 30 years in the relentless and stressful world of journalism. ... more
Introduction
by GRWilliamson on March 06, 2016Howdy, As a way of introduction, I would like to say I'm proud to be an Old-West historian, a western writer and a born storyteller. My publishing background includes: three non-fiction books on ... more
Home Alone, or am I?
by JulianColeman on March 06, 2016When my husband goes on a business trip and I’m usually all alone in a big and old house. It’s been around for more than a century and I suspect folks have died in it. That’s my suspicion and I ... more
Don’t Write the Obit for Newspapers Yet
by JhawkerRon on February 25, 2016When I began my career in journalism, it was with newspapers. First, there was the University Daily Kansan, the student newspaper at the University of Kansas, where I toiled as a reporter, then Sport ... more
New Release
by dratler on February 20, 2016We at Rattler Publication are excited about the release of Certosnia The Season of Tribulations. The 752 page turning is a rollercoaster ride of emotions is Book III of the Season Series. The work is ... more
A Preter What?
by ElizabethFisher on February 18, 2016When I wrote my novel, Curse Me Not, what I didn’t count on was how I would see myself after the writing was done. The paranormal twist I use in Curse Me Not is one that speaks to auras and curs ... more
Scoop: A Classic Novel About Foreign Correspondents
by JhawkerRon on February 13, 2016If you have never read Evelyn Waugh’s wonderful satire of British journalism entitled “Scoop,” get thee to Amazon or to a bookstore and buy the book. You won’t be disappointed. “Scoop” ... more
The Wages of Writing: Income for Writers Dropping
by JhawkerRon on February 08, 2016One of the great misconceptions the public has about authors is that once you publish a book you are invariably sprinting toward that heady world of six, seven, and perhaps even eight-figure incomes. ... more
What’s Behind the Hand
by ElizabethFisher on February 07, 2016The “Khamsa hand” motif was an apt element to feature in Curse Me Not, my novel about a woman who can see people’s auras and clean revenge curses from those auras. After all, the motif has been ... more