The sign with Edgar A. Poe’s signature is on the fence outside of Poe Park located on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. The house is called the Poe Cottage and is where he lived for a short while with…
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Author: Pushing Time
I'm an award-winning author who lives and writes in New York City. I'm also an avid photographer that drags not only my laptop, but also my Nikon where ever I go. I have an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Most of my work life has been in the mental health field, though for the last 10 years devoteI have devoted myself to writing fulltime and taking photographs.
THE FATHER OF THE MYSTERY STORY
A TRIBUTE TO POE (This article I wrote for the Bronx Times on October 21, 1999 and it also appeared in The Noose, the newsletter for Mystery Writers in America.) In 1841 Poe published “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”…
Keeping to a schedual
I’ve been working very hard on PUSHING WATER and I’m now at a place in the novel writing where I must make some serious decissions about where to take the plot next. For me this is the most difficult part…
A WOMAN’S HANDS
I watched her from about one shoulder length away. We were in a crowd and she stood in front of me. She was a thin black woman probably about my age. Her hair had been intricately braded with large swells…
DEARMS, JOURNAL WRITING AND A NOVEL
From my journal about the writing of PUSHING WATER April 6, 2007 11:27 AM I had a dream last night. I was a power sewing machine operator again and I worked in a factory with other women. It was a…
ABOUT ‘LOTTERY TICKET ON WHEELS’
I wrote ‘Lottery Ticket on Wheels’ for the Mystery Writers of America newsletter the Noose. Mr. Rich Cowan was a guest speakers at one of our monthly meetings.
LOTTERY TICKET ON WHEELS
Rich Cowan, a 19 year veteran of the NYPD spent three years working undercover with the Gambino family investigating the carting industry. It all fell into place one day when Cowan set out to interview Sal Beneditto, the President of…
Sunday Mornings
Sunday mornings are sweet when our grandson stays over the night before. He wakes up very early some mornings, before the early birds start to sing outside in the park, but we don’t mind. He likes to help with making…
Be Patient
If there is any one out there who is reading my blog, be patient. I am working very hard on the novel these days and have not had time to think about what I want to post here. I’m also…
Water And Flower
So, back to the water lily, what a beauty she was. It was a very hot day with a heavy sun beating down on us. We were on a tour in Vietnam and the guide had tromped us through quite…