Tag: The Good Daughters

  • I remember being surprised that Hilary was a man. Based on name alone, I was expecting a woman that first time I walked into Hilary Masters’s classroom. Instead, I found a grizzled old soul with sharp eyes, a gravelly voice, and sly wit. He was intimidating because he didn’t suffer fools or slackers. But he was always wise and generous…

  • 3 years ago I graduated from college (holy cow I’m old) and Andy and I moved in together. Our condo came with all the necessary appliances, including a nice Maytag refrigerator. The unit was pretty standard: ivory white, vertical doors, with the refrigeration side on the right, freezer and ice/water dispenser on the left. We put…

  • A few fictional Asians

    Yesterday, Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda became available for purchase. Andrew is another writer and blog-friend I met through the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, and in fact his book is being published via AmazonEncore as a result of his participation in that contest. Now, I didn’t subject Andrew to an interview like I did Todd, but the Q&A…

  • Dear friends and lurkers alike, I just wanted to let you know that I did not advance to the Semifinals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. Don’t worry, I’m not upset at all. I knew the second half of my book had some problems that I hadn’t fixed, so I was very happy just to…

  • Weird… but okay

    Any publicity is good publicity, right? Green Pasture Christian Bookstore – The Good Daughters [link now gone] Intelligent Investor Club – The Good Daughters [link now gone] I’m neither a good Christian nor a good investor, so I’m not sure what to think… Anyway, there’s just about a week left until I find out the fate…