Quotes
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
The jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
~Robert Frost
Colorado Authors
William Kumpai Hosokawa (January 30, 1915 – November 9, 2007) was a Japanese American writer and journalist who worked for 38 years at The Denver Post as a writer and long time editorial page editor.
Hosokawa was also a prolific author. His 1969 book Nisei: The Quiet Americans chronicles the experiences of second-generation Japanese-Americans, including the World War II internment experience. Other books include Colorado's Japanese Americans from 1886 to the Present, which was published in 2005, Out of the Frying Pan, Thirty-Five Years in the Frying Pan, Thunder in the Rockies, The Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida, and The Uranium Age.
Hosokawa was a recipient of the 2007 Civil Rights Award from the Anti-Defamation League.
Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931) is an American novelist and marine archaeologist. His novels, have reached The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler is the founder and chairman of the real-life National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) which has discovered more than sixty shipwreck sites and numerous other notable sunken underwater wreckages. He is the sole author or lead author of more than 50 books.
Underwater Thrillers - an odd topic for an author who lives in Golden, Colorado in the foothills west of Denver.
Sandra Dallas was dubbed “a quintessential American voice” by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine. She is the author of The Bride’s House, Whiter Than Snow, Prayers for Sale and Tallgrass, among others. She is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award and the two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award. For 25 years, Dallas worked as a reporter covering the Rocky Mountain region for Business Week, and started writing fiction in 1990. She lives with her husband in Denver, Colorado. They also own a home in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was the subject of Dallas' The Bride's House.
Sandra Dallas is also one of three finalists for the Colorado Book Awards 2015 in the category of Historical Fiction.
Lifetime Achievement Award
At the Colorado Authors' League annual banquet, May 8, CAL will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Clive Cussler and the guest speaker will be Sandra Dallas. Both award winning authors have been best sellers.
Holmes Trial
James Holmes is accused of killing twelve people and wounding seventy others in the Aurora Theater Shooting. Aurora, Colorado is in Arapahoe County, and Arapahoe County District Court is in Centennial, Colorado (my hometown.) The trial opened this week. We, the residents of Centennial, are uneasy because all of the national news coverage of the trial comes out of Centennial and what the stories do to our city's reputation as the safest town in the state.
There is no doubt that Holmes did the shooting. His defense is Innocent by Reason of Insanity. This case may have repercussions in numerous other trials where insanity is the defense. The plea and the chance that a death penalty may or may not be imposed are the main issues of the trial.
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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
The jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
~Robert Frost
Colorado Authors
William Kumpai Hosokawa (January 30, 1915 – November 9, 2007) was a Japanese American writer and journalist who worked for 38 years at The Denver Post as a writer and long time editorial page editor.
Hosokawa was also a prolific author. His 1969 book Nisei: The Quiet Americans chronicles the experiences of second-generation Japanese-Americans, including the World War II internment experience. Other books include Colorado's Japanese Americans from 1886 to the Present, which was published in 2005, Out of the Frying Pan, Thirty-Five Years in the Frying Pan, Thunder in the Rockies, The Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida, and The Uranium Age.
Hosokawa was a recipient of the 2007 Civil Rights Award from the Anti-Defamation League.
Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931) is an American novelist and marine archaeologist. His novels, have reached The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler is the founder and chairman of the real-life National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) which has discovered more than sixty shipwreck sites and numerous other notable sunken underwater wreckages. He is the sole author or lead author of more than 50 books.
Underwater Thrillers - an odd topic for an author who lives in Golden, Colorado in the foothills west of Denver.
Sandra Dallas was dubbed “a quintessential American voice” by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine. She is the author of The Bride’s House, Whiter Than Snow, Prayers for Sale and Tallgrass, among others. She is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award and the two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award. For 25 years, Dallas worked as a reporter covering the Rocky Mountain region for Business Week, and started writing fiction in 1990. She lives with her husband in Denver, Colorado. They also own a home in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was the subject of Dallas' The Bride's House.
Sandra Dallas is also one of three finalists for the Colorado Book Awards 2015 in the category of Historical Fiction.
Lifetime Achievement Award
At the Colorado Authors' League annual banquet, May 8, CAL will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Clive Cussler and the guest speaker will be Sandra Dallas. Both award winning authors have been best sellers.
Holmes Trial
James Holmes is accused of killing twelve people and wounding seventy others in the Aurora Theater Shooting. Aurora, Colorado is in Arapahoe County, and Arapahoe County District Court is in Centennial, Colorado (my hometown.) The trial opened this week. We, the residents of Centennial, are uneasy because all of the national news coverage of the trial comes out of Centennial and what the stories do to our city's reputation as the safest town in the state.
There is no doubt that Holmes did the shooting. His defense is Innocent by Reason of Insanity. This case may have repercussions in numerous other trials where insanity is the defense. The plea and the chance that a death penalty may or may not be imposed are the main issues of the trial.
Comments
Leave your comments and opinions below in the comments section. Please scroll down to Like Us on Facebook & Twitter. Just below that in blue letters is the number of comments. Click on that number and write your, comments, opinions, and suggestions there.