As I have worked on revising and refining my latest manuscript set in the 1980s, I have often thought about my memories of this decade. For instance, I clearly remember in the kitchen of the home I lived in until halfway through fourth grade, a rotary phone hanging on a kitchen wall. One…
Author: Christy Santo
One Year Mark: Reflecting Back On 1st Book
It is now a year since I published Switching Stations, Switching Stories and – with a second manuscript in the hands of a professional proofreader – I am reflecting back on my experiences. I thought when I joined Google Plus writing communities and made connections with fellow writers I was getting a real…
Prisoner of Darkness: A Short Story
The darkness oh, so terrifying hour after hour. Time is no longer present in my mind. I lay here my eyes open; light is not coming to them or any picture. Only darkness fills these gorgeous, blue eyes that long to see the light of day. A mere beam – bright or dim…
E-book Review of Johnny Don’t March
Timothy Hurley’s e-book, Johnny Don’t March, is a very moving and touching fictional story about Brooklyn native, Nelson O’Brien. Through the main character Hurley portrays a solder suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. At the start of the book, Nelson has deep emotion and physical scars from the destruction of…
Review of Shiny New Swindle E-book Edition
Shiny New Swindle features an advanced technological world where all a person needs to connect to the web is a tiny brain implant. As a result hackers are “king or queen”. One of the most successful groups include Chris, Max, Hailey, and Erika. Each member has perfected a code program that hacks into people’s…
Stitchfix.com – Clothing & Accessories Site
One day in January, I saw a promoted ad on Twitter for StitchFix.com. Intrigued, I clicked on the ad, and immediately found out it is a clothing and accessories site for women. Sorry men! Reading further on the website I learned they would send five items of clothing or accessories hand-picked by stylists…
Review of Peter John’s Dead Medium
For 75 years, May Elizabeth Trump has liked being on her own. Whenever she has company like from her cheery friend Margaret, she allows them begrudgingly. One day after a visit from her friend, May chokes on a cookie and dies in her home. At first she is dismayed by how her…
Kelly’s Koffee Shop A Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery
Dianne Herman is the author of three Cedar Bay Cozy Mysteries set along the central coast of Oregon. Kelly’s Koffe Shop is the first in the series. The book’s central character is Kelly Connor, a fifty-something breakfast, and luncheonette owner of the popular Kelly’s Koffe Shop. One of her waitresses is her goddaughter, Amber…
The Youth Who Could Not Shiver or Shake
The blog post for today is a story I wrote over twenty years ago. I have made some changes from the original and tightened the grammar. As many of you read the story, I am sure it will be familiar. So without further ado the children’s story “The Youth, Who Could Not Shiver or…
TNT’s The Librarians
Over the years, I have watched a show on TNT and fallen for it only to have it cut short by cancellation. There was Witchblade. Then Southland, Monday Mornings and I could go on and on. I just kept picking shows that were too low rated to keep going. Or there was a controversy…
