Daryl Rothman
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Sunday, May 30, 2021
Send Me a Postcard, Drop Me a Line...
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For some reason, the lyrics to that Beatles classic get me thinking about how to write good Young Adult literature. Not just the mention of...
Saturday, May 22, 2021
The Write Stuff....
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Never, urged George Orwell, use a long word, where a short word will do. Sage wisdom? Was he right? I think in many instances, yes. But not...
Sunday, May 16, 2021
Where Do Stories Come From, Daddy?....
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I don't know if my children ever asked me this, in terms of where I got the idea for the David Rose series, but I think they are pretty ...
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Stranger Than Fiction?
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You know the adage. And in this last year or so, it seems particularly sage. In any case, even though I primarily write fiction--nearing the...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
What A Long, Strange Road It’s Been...
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Been a while since I’ve written here, but thought I’d drop in. I hope everyone’s doing well. What a tough year for the world. I hope withi...
Friday, May 1, 2020
Gospel
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Taking a little break from D Rose 2 and polishing my literary-suspense manuscript a bit. Renamed it some time ago, to Gospel, as it a stor...
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary...
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...I bet you know the next line, if not the rest. Sometimes, we can point definitively to the locus of our inspiration, that precise mome...
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