by Karen Ullo | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Everyone should make it a point, once in a while, to wander through a good used book shop and select a couple of titles he has never heard of before. I recently took just such a stroll, and I have found myself reading the way I used to when I was a kid:... by Karen Ullo | Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Welcome, November. Such a beautiful month. The temperature has finally dropped below Oppressive, you’ve dared to don a sweater, and you’ve driven to the grocery store in search of cranberry-flavored happiness. And popsicles, because tomorrow will be Oppressive... by Karen Ullo | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
November 1, 2015 As many of you know, the major relics of St. Maria Goretti are currently on tour through the United States. Today–on All Saints’ Day, of all days–they are here in my hometown of Baton Rouge. The glass reliquary edged with gold holds a wax statue of... 
by Karen Ullo | Oct 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
This post originally appeared at Dappled Things. Exactly two years ago, I was honored to inaugurate the Deep Down Things blog with a post about why I love Halloween. I suppose it is only fitting, then, that my debut novel, Jennifer the Damned (which is about... by Karen Ullo | Oct 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Writers always tend to believe their best writing happens in paradise. Whether it’s a mountain chalet, a cabin in the desert, or a condo overlooking a stretch of glowing white sand, we all love to dream about the “Writer’s Retreat.” Peace. Quiet. Writing. Aah!... by Karen Ullo | Sep 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
This post originally appeared at Dappled Things [During the Christmas Truce of 1914, a] British Daily Telegraph correspondent wrote that on one part of the line the Germans had managed to slip a chocolate cake into British trenches. Even more amazingly, it was...
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