I have always been curious about other people’s lives, and I suppose that is one of the characteristics of the writer. The writer has to be a student of human nature, of nature itself, and of the metaphysical realm (or what we can know about it).
Bad writing can indeed be avoided (or at least solidly corrected and transformed)! Learn solid tips on what, and how, to recognize bad writing—and how to turn bad writing into great writing.
This easy-to-prepare and sure-to-please recipe is from the Book Club Kit for Current of Darkness, and book club or not, makes for a healthy dish for an everyday or special event.
These glazed and roasted carrots are delicious, easy to prepare, and a versatile side dish for any meal. Vegetable recipes such as this would have been staples of a Gilded Age dinner.
As the days since the murder had gone by, whispered rumors had developed into a hurricane of accusation against Arthur Pennell. At last, it had made its inevitable landfall—though most would not have guessed that it would destroy both Pennells.
We all are familiar with the old saying ‘all that glitters is not gold’, and since I’m a student of the Gilded Age, it’s a phrase that has special significance to me—and it gave my newsletter its name.
It’s difficult to overstate just how captivated Buffalo and the entire nation were by the news that a prominent businessman had been murdered in his own home—and of his wife’s spicy extracurricular activities.
A little before eight on February 27, 1903, Mrs. Hull (Allie’s mother) awoketo a quiet house. Ed should have long since been up and about, but there was no sign of him.
Edwin Burdick had dragged his feet for more than four years over the matter of divorcing his wife. As Ed was, like all of us, a complicated human being, he had his reasons.
