Category Archives: Michael Stephen Daigle

NAGLER’S SECRET: ‘Here’s where you stand’

Quick review: Some books have characters so alive you think they’re someone you know, or maybe knew. Some books have plots that keep you guessing to the last word. Some books have settings so real you can feel them, hear … Continue reading

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NAGLER’S SECRET has it all: 5-star review

Some books have characters so alive you think they’re someone you know, or maybe knew. Some books have plots that keep you guessing to the last word. Some books have settings so real you can feel them, hear them, smell … Continue reading

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Best read: NAGLER’S SECRET, 6, 5-star reviews

Six reviews, All 5-star reviews. Thank you readers for seeing  NAGLER’S SECRET for what it is–more than just crime fighting, but a story filled with aching characters asking  hard questions as they seek the light. Available at: Amazon.com: Michael Stephen … Continue reading

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Nagler’s Secret: 5-star reviews; new events

Newly released NAGLER’S SECRET, Book 6 of the Frank Nagler Mystery series, garnered  a couple 5-star reviews. I will be appearing at two upcoming events. May 16, at the Randolph (NJ) Arts in the Park, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., … Continue reading

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White dress selfie

It’s what you don’t know That she wants you to learn. Her eyes as open as new sunlight yet as dark as dusk because it’s all that tricky, what you need to learn to forget The weight of resistance. It’s … Continue reading

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What to do with more light

It comes back that day a second at a time; then two. Been gone for months shrinking like a heart leaking joy, A second at a time; then two. Stops, gathers, returns; then runs back to darkness A second at … Continue reading

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Learning to write a sonnet, lesson two

So in an effort to teach myself sonnet writing, to write a story about a teen-ager who learns to write  sonnets, I read a series of modern sonnets. Generally,  modern sonneteers have altered the rhyme pattern, if they use one … Continue reading

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Learning to write a sonnet

The Greater Lehigh Valley Writer’s Group has opened to members an invitation to submit short stories, essays and poems for possible inclusion in the  2027 Anthology  with a theme of “Writing from the heart.” I have been fortunate to have … Continue reading

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Walking through memory

They walk past the park, Down the hill where the industrial gas of the chemical plant  once stained the air and burned her nose. Then a right, up the hill to the house with all the flowers. A right at … Continue reading

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Festivals: Collingswood, Oct. 4; then Easton

It’s been quite a month of book festivals. A note of thanks to all who stopped by to chat, tell stories, or buy my books. Those are the moments that make the time at the events worthwhile. Thanks to Belvidere, … Continue reading

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