Announcement Friends, Colleagues, Acquaintances! Lend Me Your Eyeballs! 2 Jul 20182 Jul 2018 If you are reading this, you probably have some interest in my writing. And that perhaps allows me to ask you a favor. But fear not! It will cost you…
Author post Interview with the Author 25 Jun 2018 The first book I put together was a collection of essays, Our Own Day Here, which comprise explorations of urban life in all of its aspects, from the poetry of…
Author post 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…
Author post 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…
Announcement 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…
Announcement “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…
Author post… 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…
Author post 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…
short story 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…
Announcement 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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