by Nancy Herkness | Jul 21, 2009 | Romance, Uncategorized, writing
Last week I went to the Romance Writers of America’s national conference in Washington, D.C. Ordinarily, I only attend when the event is in New York City since getting there from New Jersey requires no white-knuckled, gut-twisting flight on an airplane (one of those...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 30, 2009 | Dog, Family, Uncategorized
Here’s my adorable niece Jessica, giving Brodie his favorite thing: a belly rub. Turns out the Devil Dog is amazingly good with children. Who’d a thunk? Brodie is finally settling in. He’s a rub junkie and will melt into the floor with a moan of...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 13, 2009 | Books, Uncategorized
…you find your book being quoted in someone else’s book. I was delighted to discover that Michael Aaron Rockland devotes a page and a half to my first novel A Bridge to Love in his book about the George Washington Bridge. Mr. Rockland’s book The...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 6, 2009 | college, Daughter, Uncategorized
My Darling Daughter brought home a literary magazine from Kenyon College called Hika, An Undergraduate Journal of Arts and Letters. Following is my favorite poem from the journal. The poet speaks of a truly universal truth. Procrastination Takes on Newton’s...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 1, 2009 | college, Uncategorized
I just returned from my mrmph-th (that’s the sound of me muffling the number of years since my graduation) college reunion. It struck me that no one would truly believe what a major, insane production my college makes of reunions if I didn’t show you some...