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TILTING AT WINDMILLS: You Again – Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of 9. See previous chapters beginning on Friday, August 2nd. Or check link to author archive – https://www.evesun.com/authors/31 Suddenly ..


Tilting at Windmills: You Again – Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of 9. See Chapter 1 beginning on Friday, July 26. Or check link to author archive – https://www.evesun.com/authors/31 After ..


TILTING AT WINDMILLS : You Again – Chapter 1

I was thirty-five years old. As an insurance claims representative, I had just coordinated the evidence for my sixth … no, ..


Tilting at Windmills: Word Wrangling … at its Worst

OK. I’ve had it. For a while there, I was trying to ignore a mystifying tendency on the part of ..


Tilting at Windmills: Making Charlie Cry

I’ve written before about my late husband, Charlie King, but always as the hero, raconteur, and adorable spouse that he ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Brontë Award for Best Character – Part 4 … Runners-Up!

After I invented the Brontë Award, I realized that many characters who deserved to be honored had been left out. ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Brontë Award for Best Character – Part 3 … Svengali! Dorian Gray! Harry Potter! … More

Ha! I bet you thought all Brontë Awards would be given to characters in books published before the 21st Century. ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Brontë Award for Best Character – Part 2 … Heathcliff, Rebecca, Milady …

I’m back with more recipients of the Brontë Award for Memorable Characters in a Novel. And since I named the ..


TILTING AT WINDMILLS: The Brontë Award for Best Character – Part 1 … Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, Quasimodo …

Whenever I am introduced to an unforgettable character in a novel, I find myself murmuring, “I nominate Shane (or Johnny ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Nose Knows

There I was, daydreaming in my favorite chair, when the sweet smell of lilacs wafted through the window. I sniffed ..


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