book review Book Review: Anna Burns’s “Milkman” 28 Jan 201929 Jan 2019 Milkman, by Anna Burns This book shares some characteristics with Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet, which by chance I read just before picking Milkman up at the library: both explore themes…
Announcement Writing Coach 28 Jan 201928 Jan 2019 I'm setting up as a writing coach and consultant, to combine my love of literature and my skills at teaching...see my new (and not yet definitive) webpage for it here:…
Announcement Meet Me at the Gallery 22 Jan 2019 Reminder: I'll have two new prints in a group show at dnj Gallery in "What's New? (3)," opening Saturday, February 2nd, at 6pm--come to the reception! Wine, cheese, snacks, artists…
Announcement… Yes, Another Story Published! 16 Jan 2019 You heard right--I've managed to get another one published. This ones a flash fiction piece of one thousand words, released into the wild this morning at Front Porch Review. I…
Announcement Check Off Another One…. 11 Jan 2019 I'd like to bring your attention to yet another story published, this time in Canadian journal Scarlet Leaf Review, edited by Roxana Nastase. The story is one of the few…
Author post Happy New Year! 1 Jan 2019 Last year is over with, according to the calendar, and a new year begins, with the same sun rising every dawn. Last year brought me minor triumphs and major worries,…
Author post Fish Eggs and Fiction 17 Dec 201824 Jan 2019 After a long dry spell, I suddenly began placing stories in small-press magazines this year--even some that paid in cash! Since last winter, I have "sold"--sometimes for pay, sometimes compensated…
Announcement… Another Story Published 12 Dec 201812 Dec 2018 The Fall 2018 issue of Mystery Tribune is now available on Amazon, and includes my story, "The Natural Order of Things." Which is a very different sort of noir, set in…
Announcement Last Chance to Vote…for Me 9 Dec 2018 Now that I'm a finalist in Short Édition's story contest, it's time to beg for votes to give me a chance at the grand prize. This prize involves both money…
Announcement… On a Roll 3 Dec 20183 Dec 2018 I seem to be on a roll lately (and I don't mean an onion roll, though I have baked some pretty good ones...). Just learned that I have placed another…