by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Oct 4, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Gun control, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
Life Imitating Art “Are you listening to Gary and Shannon?”my husband breathlessly asked when he called me last week, referring to a radio show on our local talk-radio channel in Los Angeles, KFI. “They’re talking about a woman in Texas with almost the exact story as...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Sep 21, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, fiction writing, Gun control, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. -Rumi Attila the Hun Lives! I’ve been agitated lately about one thing or another, but nothing in particular. Nothing I can put my finger on. That is, until very recently. That’s when I...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Aug 19, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
Surviving Random Acts I survived a fairly violent 4-vehicle traffic accident recently as I was en route to my bimonthly West Coast Swing Dance in Long Beach. I got hit on the right front side of my SUV by another, smaller SUV traveling at about 60 m.p.h. What does...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jul 22, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
Search for Sagacity When I was a young adult, I looked forward to getting older because I wanted to be as knowledgeable and wise as my parents’ generation. Seriously. I could listen for hours on end to my parents’ and their friends’ life stories: their experiences...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jun 14, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Gun control, Persona Non Grata the book
Political Blog I am struggling with my thoughts as I contemplate writing a politically-tinged post, trying as hard as I can to avoid it. Respecting different points of view and political leanings, I am absolutely steadfast in my beliefs, though I try to keep an open...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | May 20, 2016 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, fiction writing, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata the book
Evil and Violence Never have I sat down to create fiction with the intention of writing happy, fun and lighthearted prose. Never. But don’t misunderstand me. I am not a morose person seeking to transmit my melancholy onto paper as a cathartic exercise, as if by doing...
