When you are inside your society you tend to be blind to its realties, but when I moved to Sweden I started to look at my society with different eyes, and to evaluate it. I also began to question why Bengali/Indian girls should allow themselves to be blackmailed into accepting their lot. I have a…
The tale of Marra began because I wanted – very much – to write something for the sheer pleasure of writing. That’s a real luxury these days. Marra herself was an online character from a game. Somehow over the years, she’d developed quite a personality with her shyness and self-doubt. She was going down a…
ABOUT THE IDIOT OF FUNKYVILLE What is travel? Asking this question is like asking, “What is life?” or, “Who are you?” (or, as I’ve frequently been asked, “Who are you?”). The answers to such questions are as numerous as the people asking. The Idiot of Funkyville: Becoming an Everywhere Citizen takes a chronological snapshot of…
ABOUT THE 7 KEYS TO CHANGE Research by McKinsey & Company and IBM Global Business Services says that 50% to 60% of companies fail to achieve some to all of their goals and objectives, with as many as 20% failing completely. The divorce rate among first time marrieds continues to hover around 50% increasing to…
ABOUT JOHN DANTE’S INFERNO, A PLAYBOY’S LIFE The life of one of the Great Lovers of all time, John Dante lived the life of a bachelor’s fantasy, going from his humble beginnings in a small Italian village to the Playboy Mansion, where he lived for 26 years with Hugh Hefner and 40 of the most…
The inspiration for my book was an image in my mind that turned into an entire book series in a matter of seconds. I saw it all play out in my mind. I know, I know. That probably doesn’t make sense, so here goes my short version of how this book started. It had been…
Inspiration for stories can spring from several sources: a character, a “what if” starting point or perhaps a compelling plot. My novel, Harkness: A High Desert Mystery, arose from the setting. I grew up on the Oregon high desert in a small timber and ranching town called Prineville, which sits almost exactly in the center…
The Story Behind the Book 