As a book-geek there are three things I feel the need to travel with on principle; something to read, materials for writing, and a towel. Douglas Adams made the towel famous as a must-have travel accessory in his Sci-Fi classic, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. “A towel, [The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy] says, […]
Women's Travel
Billabong Ghost by Ryn Shell
Billabong Ghost is a great Halloween introduction to the Dreaming Billabong Series by Ryn Shell. Dealing with a character’s back-story is a difficult thing for a writer. You need the reader to have insight into the character’s choices and attitudes, but you have to weave it through the narrative in a way that feels natural. There […]
One Voice from Syria: A Daughter of Damascus
One voice from Syria, the ordinary voice of a citizen of Damascus:
When you watch the news, do you ever wonder, like I do, “where is the voice of an ordinary citizen?” Do you wish reporters could knock on a family’s door, be invited in for dinner and discuss what is happening through their eyes over coffee? We may never get this point of view in the media. But we can still get it. All we have to do is talk to one another. I offered “Maryam” A daughter of Damascus, my blog for a day.