Dan V. Jackson Robson resident Dan V. Jackson has just released his latest novel, Rainbow Bridge. This heartwarming family-oriented tale, set principally in Arizona, seeks to answer the question asked by all who have loved and lost a dog: do we get to be with them again? For the many in the Robson communities who…
Ron Sorter and Bob Tierno (Robson Ranch Author) Following the success of my first book, The Prostate Chronicles – A Medical Memoir, I was motivated to have another go at writing something meaningful about my life. In May, 2019, my lifelong friend Ron Sorter and I decided to author a book that had its genesis…
Pickleball redemption at Robson Ranch Bob Tierno Pickleball players know that “in the kitchen” is a term to describe the no-man’s-land on both sides of the net that extends to each sideline. When a player hits a ball before it hits the ground while in the kitchen, it’s a fault (lost point or serve). Everyone…
Jackie Moore Have you experienced something unusual? Suffered a trauma? Write about it in a memoir, non-fiction book or fiction book using yourself as a model for the main character so others can learn from your experience! Have you worked as an attorney? A teacher? A police officer? Been in the military? Then you have…
Janet McKenzie Marx “It was a dark and stormy night.” Snoopy sits atop his dog house writing on his manual typewriter. Ho-hum. Trite. What makes a great beginning sentence? What makes most people want to read further? It’s the hook. It’s not always easy for the new writer to think what to write, no matter…
Jackie Moore Have you worked as an attorney, teacher, police officer or been in the military? Then you have intimate knowledge of the inner workings of these areas to make your book and the main character realistic. A person shouldn’t write about a main character who is a pilot if he/she doesn’t have personal knowledge…
Klaus Dannenberg The Robson Ranch library in Denton hosted an afternoon discussion of “Getting Started as an Author,” led by members of the local Writers’ Guild. On May 9, Jan Marx, Mary Jo Belding, Carl Smothers and Jackie Moore, four of Denton’s published fiction authors, shared their very individual approaches to getting started and making…
Jan Marx As visitors walk down the long hallway of the Creative Arts and Technology Center they see display windows belonging to the rooms they front. Many kinds of crafts and arts shown are made by members of various clubs that meet in the building. The Spotlight Window is an exception. Each month the exhibition…
Jan Marx “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” –Stephen King The quote is true, but not specific enough. Just reading isn’t enough, neither is writing reams of mindless verbiage. Reading good literature is important in order to write…
John Sandel All the writers in the Robson Writers Club have published novels now and are all beginning second novels. During most of my adult life I’ve been declaring that I was going to write a novel, and people I met again after being separated for 10 or 20 years would often ask, “Well, did…