by M Patricia Roth | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog, Juror Rejudges the Trial, Writing
The phone rang.An authoritative voice on a speaker phone announced that he was looking for Mmmm Par-trish-err Roth.I thought this was a joke. No one calls me that in real life. I answered in the same tone. He again announced: “You were a JUROR on the Westmoreland...
by mpatriciaroth.com | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog, Rock Crazy Book, Writing
Pleasure Beach was an island with miles of sandy beaches that jutted out into the Long Island Sound. It had everything: a roller coaster, a Ferris wheel and lots of other rides. It also had a dance hall where big people went on dates and a long fishing pier, popular...
by mpatriciaroth.com | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog, Writing
People that love drama buy tickets to Broadway Plays. You will buy a front row seat to a real historical drama when you purchase a copy of ‘The Juror Rejudges the Trial’. A Four Star General the main man in the Vietnam War, sues a major TV network for defamation of...
by mpatriciaroth.com | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog, Short Stories, Writing
I step outside and a fresh breeze kisses my cheek. The sun hovers just above the dewy horizon. I inhale deeply and smell hope; I sense an awakening. Just above my head a chickadee chirps his uplifting song. He sounds as excited as my heart feels. I gaze at the open...
by mpatriciaroth.com | Feb 29, 2024 | Rock Crazy Book, Writing
The Setting The history of where you live has its fingerprint on everything that happens there. I grew up in Bridgeport Connecticut surrounded by factories that were making bullets and guns. America was involved in a massive war that stretched from the Atlantic to the...