Articles by Carol Hoenig

Heading Out The Gathering Brood will either amuse readers or horrify them. This work of fiction is about five adult siblings who have all been requested by their mother to attend a Fourth of July gathering to celebrate her being in remission from cancer. The contemporary story takes place in a [...]

Heading Out Meet Natalie If she did go to Emily’s it meant risking missing the Port Jefferson ferry. Even now, it was going to be close. The very idea caused her to press a little harder on the gas pedal. If there was any justice at all, Natalie was getting her just desserts for what she’d put [...]

Heading Out Meet Denise Unlike the stifling apartment that Emily confined herself to, Denise had plenty of room in her spacious colonial in rural Connecticut. Unlike the stifling apartment that Emily confined herself to, Denise had plenty of room in her spacious colonial in rural Connecticut. Her [...]

Heading Out Meet Emily It had been eons ago since he’d been in her bed, but she couldn’t accept his redolence having vanished forever. It was inconceivable, but that did not stop her from recalling him by filling in the memories with scenes that hadn’t occurred, yet might have, if only… The [...]

Chapter One: Meet Lottie, Allen, Emily, Denise and Natalie Meeting Allen: “You sure there’s no place nicer than this dive?” Gail slid off the bed. “Everything smells like mildew.” Heading Out Allen gave a final, desperate lunge before relinquishing to the disheartening limpness, having [...]

Chapter One: Meet Lottie, Allen, Emily, Denise and Natalie The Volkswagen was a rental, since living in Greenwich Village didn’t accommodate owning a vehicle. Heading Out The corn, still wrapped in its husk, smelled both sweet and fresh, reminding Lottie of the farm stands she used to stop at on [...]

Recently, author John Barbour posted a link to an article about him and his entertaining memoir, Your Mother’s Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV and I was thrilled to see that someone gave John and his book the attention it [...]

Sometimes I have a list of topics I’m eager to blog about while other times I’m feeling empty. That was the case this week until I saw on the news that the NYC area may get its first snow this season giving me a feeling of excitement. I’m quite sure I’m in the minority and don’t want to [...]

We all have memories that are ours alone and, occasionally, they pop up, inspired by a song or conversation. For me, whenever Honky Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones comes on the radio I am brought back to when I went with my parents to my brother’s friend’s graduation party. I was probably too [...]

 As I’d mentioned previously, I was to attend New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association fall conference last week, which I did. Even though I no longer co-own a bookstore, I’m still a member because my business partner and I intend to do some offsite book events where there’s no need [...]