My novel and my teacher. I wondered what he'd think.
It's scary enough sending a novel out to publications for review, telling the world about it on social media and knowing that readers are...
Ernie, Eddy, Sheila and Libby at our high school reunions
I traveled across space and time to my high school reunion a couple of weeks ago. The school was gone. The people were both different and...
In which genres meet and the past never really goes away
It may seem strange that a discussion of science fiction would bring up William Faulkner. But it happened. I was on a panel on Southern...
Some places are real. Some are imaginary. Some are both!
Those who know me can recognize places from my personal history in One Red Thread. But what about the places I made up? Is there any...
When writing while writing, finding time is the challenge
Years ago, when I started in this writing game, I heard a story I couldn’t believe. It seems there was a newspaper copy editor who kept...
On book-launch day, I found that my life imitated my art
What does an author do on book-launch day? Champagne? Me, I spent November 3, the official publication date for One Red Thread, on jury...
What readers see, writers should make sure they hear
I don’t want to suggest that I wrote a novel after many years in non-fiction simply because I thought I could do it all by myself. But...
As publication nears, let's get ready for some time travel
I once heard author David Sedaris do an amazing thing. At a bookstore event, he interrupted reading his own work to read off a list of...
