A sense of right and wrong
Does everyone have a sense of right and wrong? Is the ability to differentiate between moral and immoral behavior built into all of us? Odd Thomas, one of my absolute favorite fictional characters created by Dean Koontz, states the case like this. “We are born...Live by accident?
Either we live by plan and die by plan, or we live by accident and die by accident. This according to the master playwright and novelist, Thornton Wilder. I was reminded of this quote from The Bridge of San Luis Rey when I heard a play based on this novel will be...The Fallacy of Closure
With the SEVENTH! anniversary of Stacey Burns’ death just weeks away, I thought I’d share a part of a piece I’m revising for entry into a Writer’s Digest Literary contest. The essay deals with our own personal tragedy but I believe some human...Not your business!
Almost seven years ago, Stacey Burns was murdered in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Some of my respondents to this blog have indicated that they were told, upon inquiry, that this case was none of their business. When she was slaughtered on Mothers’ Day, 2009, Stacey...Desperate Circumstances?
Did a set of desperate circumstances kill Stacey Burns? Desperate situations often create the environment for desperate actions. When a character in my new book makes the statement that desperate times call for desperate measures, his comrade’s response brings...
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