It was my pleasure to be the guest speaker at the Retired Teacher’s Association in Tulia, Texas on February 7, 2022. The topic was characterization. We had a good time discussing the characters we love to hate, love to love, and those that fall somewhere in between (sort of bad, but we can’t help liking them anyway). Thank you for having me!

Also, a good review came in from Book Commentary on Blind Vision. Let’s take a look at it.

Blind Vision by Nina Blakeman is a gripping psychological thriller with strong medical themes and unforgettable characters. Callie Wallace and Richard Cotez are long-time friends who met in med school. Now, they come back to the small town of Sperling to set up their neurology practice. When Mr. Clyde Murphy dies in suspicious circumstances, the deceased’s wife is out for revenge and her target is Callie Wallace, the physician who admitted the patient. Callie has her own demons to deal with and as the drama unfolds, her sanity is put into question, and the health administrator orders psychological and health tests. When the last blow falls, shall she be found standing or crumbling?

This is a story with a beautiful setting in a small town. The characters are genuinely flawed and relatable and the author creates nonstop drama with situations that are real and a crisis that grows in magnitude as the reader moves from one page to the next. Callie is a character that instantly arrests the attention of readers; she is both emotionally and psychologically flawed. Her odd behaviors include arguing with an invisible opponent, feeling jealous when she finds out that Dr. Cortez is dating Sara Townsend, and the nightmarish conversations with her dead father. The plot is imaginative and superbly written. The prose is excellent, littered with engaging dialogues that highlight the drama elevating the quality of entertainment in Blind Vision. Readers who enjoy nuanced characters and heart-stopping psychological drama will find delight in reading Blind Vision. It is pitch-perfect and themes of family, mental health, friendship, and revenge are ingeniously woven into the fabric of the gripping plot.REVIEWED BY MATTHEW NOVAKReview Date: January 25, 2022

Category: Fiction – Womens