by K.J. HoweDo you ever feel embarrassed when you can’t find your keys or glasses, especially when you know you just had them a moment ago? Well it seems like the largest, most well-funded and powerful militaries in the world have a similar problem—only with nuclear weapons.While...
IN MEMORIUM
S. Lee Manning: Today, January 27, 2019, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today we remember that six million men, women, and children were murdered for the crime of being Jewish. Or some of us do. It’s become a little complicated.I know I’ve written about the Holocaust before. I’ll...
HOW TO SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY WITHOUT GOING MAD
Tidy piles begging to be sorted. Figure about 1,000 pages.By Gayle LyndsHow do you feel about research? I love it. I really do. Except when I’ve collected an overabundance of clippings and printouts of articles and stories. Why do I do that? In the first place, I’m...
HOW MORE SCREWED UP CAN IT GET?! Or how history impacts my writing.
by Chris GoffBuilt in 1982, The Friendship Statue is billed as one of the main tourist attractions in Kiev, Ukraine. It stands beneath the People's Friendship Arch as a testament to the friendship that exists between Russia and Ukraine.What? Wait a minute...In 2014, didn't Russia invade Crimea,...
Another New Year, Another Failed Resolution?
By Robin BurcellIt’s that whole New Year’s thing. In with the new, out with the old. We strive to do better this year than last. I love reading about everyone's resolutions or projects, and was inspired by Rogue Jamie Freveletti's post to share my own. For me, every single year, I promise to write...
So Emotional
A new year, a renewed determination to improve my writing. I’ve always thought of myself as more of a craftsman than an artist, but even a well-written story isn’t enough—what really holds on to a reader is the characters that...
Organizing The New Year
By Jamie FrevelettiBear with me, everyone, because I'm not going to talk books for the new year in this post, (for that please check out Rogue Karna Small Bodman's excellent post here), I'm going to talk resolutions! The new year is upon us and I'm doing what I imagine everyone else...
What to anticipate, predict and hope for in 2019
….by Karna Small BodmanMy Rogue Women Writer colleagues have written several fascinating posts recently about international kidnappings and revolutions that occurred some years ago -- heady stuff, and I always learn so much reading their extensive research and seeing how much of it is or could be...
The Vanishing Prime Minister
Last week in Budapest, under cover of darkness, the team moved quietly into position in Martyrs' Square. They had one purpose: grab the life-size bronze statue of former Prime Minister Imre Nagy, and make him disappear. The Hungarian Parliament building(Image Credit:...
BETHLEHEM BESIEGED
by K.J. HoweThe Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is a treasured holy site for Christians. But for 39 days in the spring of 2002, it was the backdrop for the one of the most complicated sieges/hostage-takings and international negotiations in the modern history. In late...