by Gayle LyndsAs a writer, I’ve always looked for underlying themes, for insights and significance. But I have a concussion, and that means life has been simplified for me several times. At first I resisted what felt like a retreat from a less fulsome way to live. Then I got...
by The Real Book SpyWhat a month!I know we’re only five months in, but I think it’s safe to say that 2020 has been the longest year ever. Like, ever. Though it seems so insignificant when people are fighting for their lives and enduring social distancing and self-isolation, many on the thriller...
In World War II, innovation in style ruled!by Gayle LyndsI’m proud to be a human being. I like that whether we’re authors or food servers or teachers or business folks, we have a crazy (as in, crazy like a fox) drive not only to survive but to use what we have at hand to make things a bit...
One of the Rogues all-time favorite, most popular, most controversial blogs went live a year ago – Robin Burcell's take on today's TV commercials. It made us nod our heads, or disagree, but always laugh. The blog seems particularly relevant now that so many...
Vintage Advertisement, as in really OLDby Gayle LyndsWant to help a writer? Name your favorite cereal! I know that sounds silly, but cereal is one of the “telling details” we writers use to give our readers a vivid feeling of character.For instance, if I create a scene in which two grown men are...
Trying to stop the spread of the coronavirusby Gayle LyndsWhat’s stranger than fiction? Perhaps it’s when fiction seems to predict a major current event. A few days ago a news story in The Hindustan Times, dateline Beijing, China, reminded readers that this had just happened – again.Here’s...
by Gayle LyndsMy husband, John, still dreams of jogging. Oh, for healthy knees! Then there’s my friend who’s upset because the book she’s been reading went AWOL last week. Where is the darn thing? And all of us lose keys, forget people’s names, or miss appointments. ...
Scottish American author Helen MacInnesExciting news! British female authors are making in-roads in the male-dominated field of spy fiction. They’re publishing first-rate novels across the pond that are winning awards and making best-seller lists. In fact, as Guardian writer Alison...
By Gayle LyndsAre you shocked that another year has vanished? I sure am. Where has 2019 gone? It’s true I’ve been busy all year. Lots of life and work. But still, time seems to have slipped away, sand pouring through my fingers.Have I lost the last decade, too? ...
by Gayle Lynds82nd Airborne, Forward Operating Base, Afghanistan, Thanksgiving 2007Years ago during the Vietnam War, I wanted to thank my friends fighting overseas by sending care packages of Thanksgiving cookies and pumpkin bread that I baked. It’d be a taste of home, I thought, and surely...
