In October 1956, I was just about to turn eight years old. We had just purchased the first television ever in our household, which, at the time, had an antenna, a bunch of tubes, and frequently went out of service so that we had to call a repairman to fix it. The set...

Turn on the news. Pick up a newspaper. What's the top story? Will Vladimir Putin actually invade Ukraine? Will the 100,000-plus troops he's sent to surround Ukraine begin moving in on the country he considers to be part of Russia? Is his goal to re-create the old...

As part of my journey in book publishing, I discovered an amazing service known as Word Refiner. I spent a week with the proprietor, Mark Schultz, responding to questions and doing an online interview with him. Mark is a great resource for authors. His website,...

I've had a lot of fun this week, doing a blog tour with the incredible group I've recently joined, RRBC. They also chose Empty Seats as their May book of the month. If you're a writer, this is a terrific group for you to join. They are so supportive and knowledgeable....

Just wanted to post the link for my interview on the nationally-syndicated show, "Only a Game": https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/08/10/wanda-fischer-red-sox-advice-sportswriting Hope you'll check it out!

Here's a new interview I did with www.theauthorsshow.com!

I've been in radio broadcasting for more than 40 years. I did radio news for several years and had the opportunity to interview people such as Warren Spahn and many political leaders, both in New York state and Massachusetts. I've done my folk music program, "The...

On a hot summer day in Elburn, Illinois, as we celebrate the birth of our sixth grandchild (five boys and a girl now), I received this great review for Empty Seats from Chick Lit Cafe. Please check them out. They have wonderful book selections and reviews.

I'm way behind on my writing these days. My brain's in a fog because every now and then I need to take pain medicine--especially when I need to go to physical therapy. I had a total knee replacement about a month ago on my left knee. In 2016, I had the same procedure...

An interview I did with www.authorcentral.com will run all day on May 2, 2019: Hope you will tune in!

Even for a writer, words cannot express how amazing it was for me on February 13, 2019 when I walked up onto the stage at the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal, and my friends Mike Regenstreif and Ellen Stanley welcomed me into the Folk DJ Hall of...

What an honor! BookWorks chose Empty Seats as its "Book of the Week" for the week of January 7, 2019! As we all await the beginning of 2019 Spring Training and the next baseball season, I'm so pleased to know that readers like my novel as much as I enjoyed writing it....