If you have read any of my stories, you’ll see that I am fascinated by houses of all varieties. For me, they have personalities that are quite aside from the people who inhabit them. In my experience, very few houses have had only one owner so there is an accumulation of fingerprints, voices, emotions that remain. Are Read More…
Category: By Shirley Hyatt
The Art of Critique . . . by Shirley Hyatt
Most writer’s groups don’t use guidelines. In the first group I joined, there were a lot of very good rules regarding the correct methods of offering critiques. We swore to abide by them each time we met. It wasn’t always easy to comply. In fact, I’m not sure any of us really understood exactly how Read More…
The House that Jack Built … by Shirley Hyatt
There’s a lovely old house nearby. I’ve never been inside, but I think of it as a place where one could sit next to the rock fireplace, a warm cup of coffee in one hand, an open book in the other, and be at peace with the world. I’ve often wished I could climb up that little stone path and sit on Read More…
The House . . . by Shirley
I have always been fascinated by what I’ll label as psychic phenomenon. I believe we have all experienced the phone call that comes moments after thinking of a friend or loved one. Perhaps we have stood at a corner – an unseen hand holding us back – an accident prevented. There are many examples of Read More…