Posts by Lori Duff
Beer/Bestie/Banish Episode 17 with Ralph Ellis
You may not, since the plots are very different, but I find quite a bit in common between my books and Ralph Ellis’ The Accident Report. In The Accident Report,…
Read MoreWhat We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate
I’ve been a lawyer for a long time by anyone’s measurement, y’all. When I graduated from law school in 1994, Bill Clinton was president and Johnny Carson was just about…
Read MoreBeer/Bestie/Banish Ep. 16 with Barbara Stark-Nemon
This book is historical fiction, taking place in the early 1600s. It follows the journey of Isabela, whose family converted to Christianity from Judaism during the Spanish Inquisition. The New…
Read MoreDo The Hustle
I was five years old when Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony released the disco classic “The Hustle”.[1] That song has been stuck in my head ever since. Apparently…
Read MoreConflicting Noise
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of conflicting noise. This is problematic, because we live in a very noisy world. It’s not that I dislike sound. I…
Read MoreBeer/Bestie/Banish Ep. 14 with K.B. Jackson
KB “Kate” Jackson has written a series of cozyish mysteries that take place on a live-aboard cruise ship. I know. Who knew such a thing existed? Now I know where…
Read MoreJack Daniels vs. a Sense of Humor
There is much to celebrate in the legal world. That is: our ability to maintain a sense of humor has been preserved by the United States Court of Appeals for…
Read MoreBeer/Bestie/Banish Ep. 13 with Marlene Ratledge Buchanan
Marlene Ratledge Buchanan (Mrs. Rat, for those in the know) calls me her Guardian Demon. Mainly because I looked out for her one critical time at a writer’s conference, but…
Read MoreBeer/Bestie/Banish Ep. 12 with Grishma Shah
I like books that you can read several ways. If you’re feeling one way, you can read Anagram Destiny as a simple romance, bittersweet and with a HEA you expect…
Read MoreOf Toenails and Tires
I looked up “what is love” in order to hopefully find pithy quotes to start this piece[1], and I found a few, but not the kind I was looking for,…
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