Author post… Signs from Heaven 21 Mar 2020 One thing I love about our apartment is its windows. We are on the second floor, and our street is narrow and bordered mostly with older, graceful buildings. There's a…
Author post When Clichés Come to Life 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 Clichés are much derided in writing circles, and rightly so: they are a lazy way to express the character of a situation, and usually they have been heard so often…
Author post Local Poetry and a Cause for Optimism 24 Jan 2020 An odd and pleasing transaction: I had sent a short story to a magazine I found in one of the listings I use, and it was gently rejected the same…
Author post… Doldrums 6 Nov 20196 Nov 2019 I suppose I shouldn't complain, but September spoiled me: five short stories appeared in literary journals, and several acceptance notices came in. Of course that was exceptional. In October, only…
Author post Reading Time 24 Oct 201924 Oct 2019 No doubt this has happened to you: you mention a book you've recently read and loved, and your interlocutor immediately blurts out, "Oh, I just love reading too, but I…
Author post Locals Only! 26 Sep 2019 For Los Angeles locals only: Books by yours truly are now available at three Los Angeles Public Library branches! You can find my two novels in the Fairfax branch library…
Author post The “American” Novel 8 Sep 20199 Sep 2019 I realized recently that I have been reading a great many novels by British writers lately. This includes, of course, novels by immigrants to the UK, or by indigenous British…
Author post… Too Much Plot, Too Little Existential Despair 2 Sep 20192 Sep 2019 Huh. Just finished Jo Nesbo's The Son, and I think that I'm now done with Scandi-noir, after a good long run with it. I've read a round dozen or so…
Author post The Rising Tide 19 Aug 201919 Aug 2019 The tide is rising for me, apparently; I had thought July and August would be slow months, with folks who can afford to take vacations out of town, and that…
Author post Spreadsheets and Persistence 1 Aug 2019 The truth is likely that many more good stories are written than are read. Too may authors fear rejection so much that they do not even try. I know, because…
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