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The Celiac’s Wife Talks Food in The Big Easy
Do you think it’s easy to find food for a celiac who can’t eat gluten, but is also lactose intolerant, fat intolerant, and can’t eat beans, chocolate, coconut, etc.? OK, well, the fact is that it was...
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Cities of the Dead
If you think cemeteries are unbearably creepy or sad, you might want to skip this post. After returning from a trip to New Orleans, I am still seeing her “Cities of the Dead”– as the graveyards are...
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The End of the River
When I taught children’s lit at the university, I often included a Newbery Honor Book on my book list called To Be a Slave, edited by Julius Lester. The bulk of the material is from stories collected...
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Coming Soon from Finishing Line Press
Maybe you thought I am only interested in cats and books and writing and wine food, but my love of local history was fueled by the vintage photographs (that are now antiques) and glass negatives my...
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Get It Now! (Pretty Please with Sugar On Top)
It’s time!!! It’s time to preorder Kin Types from Finishing Line Press. Press here to order my book of poetry and flash nonfiction. Why Kin Types? Wide variety of creative poetic styles Insight into...
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Cover Reveal of Kin Types
Finishing Line Press has revealed the new cover of my chapbook Kin Types. They put it on their website with my headshot, taken by my friend Renee Rivers. PRE-ORDER HERE Release date: June 23 A little...
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Is She Really Writing About Cats Again? (Hint: She Is)
Most days I’ve been visiting Perry at the shelter. He’s not a happy boy at all. Look at how he’s keeping his ears flattened now! Yes, that’s a litter box he’s sitting in. One with little poos in it....
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RIP Dreamland
When I was born in Kalamazoo, my paternal grandmother was the head fitter of the 28 Shop at Marshall Field and Company department store in Chicago. This was the big building at the corner of State and...
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One Wacky Western Landmark
For years, whenever I traveled on the 202 freeway loop and saw a strange wedding cake shaped structure in the distance I wondered about it. Then the gardener saw a program on TV where the place was...
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Book Trailer Decisions
Although I never had a book trailer for Doll God, I’ve since read that they are important because readers, like most people today, are used to videos and to receiving information in that format. So I...
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Little Shoes
The other day the gardener and I were in California, on a solidly packed freeway, and a truck that pulled ahead of us on the right drew my attention. Hanging out of the back, one on each side, were two...
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Time Warp
We’re back from a trip to Michigan. Mom had heart surgery in Grand Rapids at the heart center, and she did so well she was out of the hospital in 48 hours! So we were able to bring her back to...
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You Should Probably Read This: Kin Types
If you read Merril’s blog you know that she’s a historian and a poet. Here’s Merril’s first reaction to KIN TYPES. (Thanks, Merril!) Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings So–this arrived...
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Family Histories: Kin Types by Luanne Castle
Adrienne at Middlemay Books allowed me the opportunity to guest post about family history, a subject close to my heart and that of Kin Types! Thank you so much, Adrienne. Nothing Gilded, Nothing...
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A Visit to Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore Today
Welcome to the first of the update for authors in the Cafe and Bookstore this week and we have a full house… you might need a cup of coffee and a few minutes to enjoy. Our first author with news is...
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New Info After the Book is Published
When I was visiting my mother for her heart surgery, I found an amazing tintype that changed the way I think about the cover of Kin Types. You may or may not realize I write a blog called...
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Guest author: Luanne Castle – Kin Types
A huge thank you to Sue Vincent for featuring me and my baby Kin Types on her beautiful blog! Sue Vincent's Daily Echo Jennie Bomhoff Zuidweg The poems and flash prose in Kin Types were begun as I...
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Luanne Castle’s Kin Types
Jaye wrote an amazing review of Kin types. I am so grateful! jayesbrain When is a poem not a poem? When it’s a kin type, Kin (literally, one’s family or relations) type (a category of people or things...
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A Confession and a Book Review: Kin Types by Luanne Castle #bookreview #poetry
I am so grateful and humbled to have Kin Types reviewed by the wonderful book reviewer Marie! 1WriteWay First, the confession: I’ve been away in body as well as in mind. For two years my husband had...
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What Led Me to Kin Types? Read thestoryreadingapeblog!
As a child, I loved reading about times past. Biographies of famous women like Lucrezia Borgia and Annie Oakley let me experience life in the periods in which they lived. Historical fiction lent a...
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