Posted on March 30, 2020
THE DEATH OF EVERYTHING I EVER LOVED ABOUT THE USA
The day John Kennedy was shot, I was eighteen. My English professor, wearing a suit and black pumps and almost twenty minutes late to class, walked to the podium and quietly told us the news. Her voice quavered. What it must have cost her to be so calm. I took the train home. Everyone was gathered around the television, unspeaking — rare for a family where each person had at least two opinions about everything. Shock reigned. Mrs. Kennedy’s pink suit, the way she crawled out of the back seat of the convertible, watching that over and over, taught me… Read More
Posted on March 20, 2020
New Novels Coming Soon!
I am thrilled to announce that Sunbury Press will publish my next paranormal mystery, POSSESSION, in which recently widowed Sylvie Andrus moves to a small river town with her nine-year-old son Jason and discovers she must solve a two-century old mystery before she can rid herself of the ghost that haunts her. And, as if that weren’t enough, Sunbury Press is also publishing the novel THOUGHTS & PRAYERS co-authored with Cathy Baldau, Tara Bell, and K.P. Robbins using the pseudonym Lee Anne Post! Good thing we have something to do during this time of plague and isolation. Here’s a sample… Read More
Posted on February 6, 2020
Cool Interview with All Author
This month I was interviewed by email for the All Author website. The questions were intriguing and the outcome is surprisingly fun! Follow this link for more.
Posted on September 1, 2019
Aurora Borealis –short story in Masque & Spectacle
My left hand, raised above me holding a paperback novel, is missing my wedding ring. An indentation remains, ghost-like, on my skin, a reminder of allegiance and duty. My hands swelled at eight months, and by the ninth, the ring’s gold edge cut into my flesh. I smeared my finger with butter and tugged off the ring. It sits safely in its box in my top drawer waiting for my body to return to a normal state. I’ve given up pacing the labor room corridor, bent in half, clinging to the handrail until each new pain subsides. Reading Dostoevsky’s The Idiot… Read More
Posted on May 6, 2019
A Little Pixie Dust on Writerfairys
Sometimes you just have to stick to your dreams. This essay is about how that worked for me.
Posted on July 18, 2018
“Unmentionables” air on the Chestertown Spy
Thrilled that the Delmarva Review, which published my short story “Unmentionables” in its Tenth Anniversary issue October 2018, has shared the story with the Spy papers. It’s now running on the Chestertown and Talbot Spy websites. This is how it starts: My mother tells me she’s outwitted the thief who wants to steal her underwear. Three months ago, the doctors said she would die of congestive heart failure in three days. She’s outwitted them too. She’s worried about her underwear, not heart failure. We’re in this together. It’s the moment when everything counts and we’re talking about protecting her underwear,… Read More
Posted on April 10, 2018
Finding the Root
Delighted to share this piece I wrote for Temenos, a literary journal that published my short story “Finding the Square Root of Everything. Finding the Root by Ginny Fite Several years ago while driving to the supermarket, a thought flashed through my mind with the speed of a ping pong ball passing through a vacuum: Our memories aren’t facts, they aren’t the truth, but just the story we tell ourselves about who we are. Link to the rest here: https://www.temenosjournal.com/ginny-fite.html
Posted on April 7, 2018
Book Club Questions
I love meeting with book clubs to discuss my novels. Here are some questions to get you started in your discussion. Book Club Questions 1. How did you experience the book? Were you immediately drawn into the story–or did it take you a while? Did the book intrigue, amuse, disturb, alienate, irritate, or frighten you? 2. Do you find the characters convincing? Are they believable? Compelling? Are they fully developed as complex, emotional human beings–or are they one-dimensional? 3. Which characters do you particularly admire or dislike? What are their primary characteristics? 4. What motivates a given character’s actions? Do… Read More
Posted on February 17, 2018
Sisters in Crime Line Up in Baltimore
Delighted to announce I’ll be part of the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime Authors Panel May 17, 6 p.m. Hamilton Branch Library, 5910 Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD 21214. Here’s the line up: Barbara Bourland – Fashion magazine editor Catherine Ono (amateur detective) John DeDakis – Investigative journalist Lark Chadwick Ginny Fite – State Police Detective Sam Lagarde Eileen McIntire – The 90s Club at Whisperwood Retirement Village (amateur detective) Meg Opperman – Mystery short stories Jill Yesko – Baltimore private detective Jane Ronson Eileen McIntire, president of the Maryland Writers Association, will lead the panel. Looking forward to being… Read More
Posted on January 25, 2017
Mystery & Romance at Fredericksburg Spring Arts & Crafts Show
Come by and say hello at the Fredericksburg Arts & Crafts show on April 1 and 2. I’ll be there with another Black Opal Books writer, Tonya Royston, selling books! Into paranormal romance? Check out Tonya’s website: www.tonyaroyston.com Tonya Royston