My Review Village Teacher is a historical novel by Neihtn (Nguyen Trong Hien) set in Vietnam during French occupation at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The novel opens with the protagonist, a teacher/scholar named Tam, leaving the building where he has just taken a national examination that will determine … Continue reading #bookreview: Village Teacher
WordPress Gremlins Redux
The WordPress gremlins are at it again. I've not been receiving email notifications of new posts for several of the blogs I subscribe to. After spending over two hours to check all the sites I subscribe to, I submitted a help ticket. Here is the response I received. I'm going to keep after WP … Continue reading WordPress Gremlins Redux
Another First: Ekphrastic Microfiction!
I'm pleased to share that I wrote my first ekphrastic microfiction, "Yon Frederick," which was published in the The Ekphrastic Review on May 6, 2022. As soon as I saw the prompt painting come across my email, I immediately heard "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look" in my head. I looked up the … Continue reading Another First: Ekphrastic Microfiction!