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I’ll try to make this brief. Enough has probably been said already tonight, in the wake of the shocking acquittal of Casey Anthony. Facebook friends are furious, and the echoing challenge questions the justice in the verdict. Of course, many are harkening back to the 1995 verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial, drawing the similar [...]
You’ve stumbled across the website and blog of Pam Ripling (also known as Anne Carter.) This is where I share thoughts, events, books, stories and other information about things that are important to me: education, photography, lighthouses, travel, my community and of course, the world of publishing. Between myself, fellow author Alyssa Montgomery and assorted [...]
Hello, Fall. These blustery autumn days are blowing in something new. Winds of change. Life it taking another turn, as someone very close to me is about to give birth to a precious new baby boy, a blessing, a grandson. As she waits, anxious and uncomfortably round, I muse–thinking back to those days almost 29 [...]
Surely you know how exciting this is to us lighthouse people! A quick surf through cyberspace will turn up numerous celebrations of National Lighthouse Day. I am celebrating by kicking off my month-long campaign to launch my latest romantic lighthouse mystery, CAPE SEDUCTION! But back to NLD. What’s it all about, actually? Well, back in [...]
Continue reading about August 7th: National Lighthouse Day & Contest!
I hope so. Because life would be pretty dull without some kind of imagination. As you watch this wonderful slideshow of St. George Reef Lighthouse, just imagine what Darla’s life may have been like while visiting “Dragon Rock Lighthouse!” St. George Reef Lighthouse
Of all the times to be MIA, it had to be now, when my new book is just sprouting wings! Not to be a bore, (or a boar?) I have to insert excuse #3 here: still have a day job. Yep, it’s true; even glamorous, wildly successful authors such as myself do occasionally supplement their [...]
1948. Post war, recovery. Hollywood was wooing back the public with blockbusters like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo and The Three Musketeers. The beautiful people were “seen” at the Brown Derby and held their not-so-secret trysts at Chateau Marmont. They drove fishtail-finned Caddies and flew in the luxurious Douglas DC-6. Darla Foster [...]
Set in an off-shore lighthouse perched on a deadly reef near the extreme northern California coast, “Dragon Rock Lighthouse” provides the eerie, dangerous background for CAPE SEDUCTION. The story takes us back to 1948, when a popular Hollywood starlet goes missing after the filming of a blockbuster movie set in the water-locked beacon. In 2008, [...]
Building a website with Word Press is not particularly difficult, just time consuming! I’m happy with how it’s going, though, and should be finished soon. I have lots to say and can’t wait to get this thing moving down the track.
1840: Claude Monet, Painter 1900: Aaron Copeland, Composer 1904: Dick Powell, Actor 1906: Louise Brooks, Actress 1908: Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator 1921: Brian Keith, Actor 1922: Veronica Lake, Actress 1948: Prince Charles There’s a hundred years’ worth of people worth talking about. Tune in Friday to see who I’ll profile!
