Foreword / Preface

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FOREWORD / PREFACE These […]

The Research Iceberg

Despite the literary license we fiction writers supposedly hold, readers expect a certain amount of realism and accuracy in stories that are based on the […]

Police Procedural Black Echo

The Black Echo, by Michael Connelly    Homicide detective Harry Bosch knows something about tunnels: people die in them. In Vietnam and in Los Angeles. […]

Forego / Forgo

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FOREGO / FORGO The […]

Women’s Literary Novel Islands

Islands, by Anne Rivers Siddons    Sometimes dreams come true, and sometimes we don’t know they’re nightmares till we wake up. Thirty-five-year-old Anny Butler has […]

For Free / Free

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FOR FREE / FREE […]

Western Ironhorse

Robert B. Parker’s Ironhorse, by Robert Knott    When it comes to bad men, seems they just keep on a comin’. And in fast-rolling western IRONHORSE, […]

Flounder / Founder

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FLOUNDER / FOUNDER We […]

Historical Romance Prince Charming

Prince Charming, by Julie Garwood In historical romance PRINCE CHARMING, young, independent-minded Lady Taylor agrees to a temporary marriage to American westerner Lucas Ross as […]

Flaunt / Flout

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FLAUNT / FLOUT The […]