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Front cover of my second novel, "Family Ties"

Family Ties: a Novel

Finders, Losers A lakeside cabin in the Sierra foothills, a canyon village divided between old coots and laid-back hippies, and…

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Front cover of my first novel, "The Dust Will Answer"

The Dust Will Answer: a Novel

No Lofts, No Lattes. No Law. 1978: The wave of gentrification has yet to break over downtown Los Angeles, and…

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Front cover of my collected essays, "Our Own Day Here"

Our Own Day Here: Essays on Urbanity

Urbanist, cyclist, and lifelong flaneur Richard Risemberg explores the chaos, contradictions, and conviviality of life among the humans in and…

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Boat Channel

18 Jun 201818 Jun 2018

Just another poem, this one in blank verse, for a change from the usual.... This bit of trapped Pacific, trammeled here by silt and broken stone: to the white hulls…

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Odds and Ads

7 Jun 20188 Jun 2018

This is the way it is: if your book does not enjoy extensive publicity, it will not sell. This is not a hard and fast rule--miracles do happen through word…

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On the Street

31 May 201831 May 2018

Just wanted to let you all know that Switchblade: an Anthology of Noir, which has been foolish enough to publish two of my crime stories so far, is available at…

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“Tell Your Story, Sell Your Story”

17 May 201817 May 2018

Interested in self-publishing? Will you be in Los Angeles on June 9th? Then come on over to Book Show LA, where I'll be part of a two-hour seminar on the…

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The Price of a Burger

8 May 20188 May 2018

Yes, it's ironic that I've titled a story thus, considering that I've been a vegetarian for fifty years, but...it's not about me. This is a rewrite of one chapter…

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To Lie for Truth’s Sake: the Novelist’s Conundrum

20 Apr 201820 Apr 2018

The job of a fiction writer is to lie. Still, if it were only to lie, you could dedicate yourself to advertising or politics instead, and accept troubled sleep as…

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Rain Falls Like Rain

14 Apr 201814 Apr 2018

Here's a short story for you, one of my own favorites.... See more on my Medium site. The rain was steady now. There had been an hour of fury around…

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Here’s the Deal: Books Almost Free, No Money Needed

9 Apr 20189 Apr 2018

The common wisdom is that giving away books gets you reviews that gains you the attention of folks who'll actually buy books. Maybe this works, or maybe you just give…

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“That Electrifying Sensation”

4 Apr 20189 Apr 2018

Sorry, folks, but I've taken "That Electrifying Sensation" off Medium to try marketing the damn thing. Medium now has limited how many pieces one can read per month without paying…

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Crime and Punishment, American-Style

31 Mar 201831 Mar 2018

Lock the doors and latch the windows: it's time to read more noir--if you dare! Yes, I've got another story published in Switchblade: an Anthology of Noir, available now for Kindle,…