by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Mar 29, 2021 | Disciplined Decisions, Reading Enjoyment
A friend of mine I will call “Sam,” who is an avid reader, confessed to me the other day that she hadn’t read a book in quite some time. In fact, she’d completely lost interest in reading. What??? She’d always have novels lined up, reading one after the other. She’d...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Feb 25, 2021 | Comfort Zone, Disciplined Decisions
Lockdowns can bring out the best and the worst in a person. Take me for example. I had no problem hunkering down and writing for a least an hour each day. I also had no problem hunkering down and snacking every evening. Orville Redenbacher’s Movie Theater Butter...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jan 29, 2020 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, fiction writing
I’m often asked by friends and acquaintances how I create the characters in my novels and where my ideas come from. Well, it’s complicated. But, simply put, my brain never stops working. No vacations or sick days. No pauses whatsoever in processing thoughts and ideas....
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Nov 19, 2019 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, vigilante justice
Eternally curious, with an openly dark side that seems to elude even my closest friends, I often seek out morbid news stories. You know, the ones about murder and mayhem. I just can’t help myself! It never ceases to amaze me how depraved, diabolical, and defective we...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Oct 21, 2019 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Day of Reckoning, Eve of Destruction, fiction writing, Persona Non Grata
To blog or not to blog; that had been the question I’d been asking myself for the past year and a half. Sadly, whether it was conscious or unconscious, I had chosen not to blog. For that omission, I owe my audience an apology. From this day forth, however, I will...
