children's… In a Tiny Room, in a Former Orphanage…. 18 Dec 202118 Dec 2021 In a tiny room, in a former orphanage, now converted to the Larchmont Charter School, I sat on a tiny chair and gave a brief lecture to a crowd of…
Author post… Musings on Proust, Part 10 9 Sep 202110 Sep 2021 I finally finished Proust's Sodome et Gomorrhe last night. I read it slowly in bits and pieces, because "M," Proust's narrator, becomes truly insufferable in this volume. Whether Proust meant…
Announcement… Cover Quote (A Teaser) 16 Aug 202116 Aug 2021 With my novel, My Turn to Die, tentatively scheduled for release in January by Basil E. Bacorn Publishing, I decided to start looking for a good cover quote to help…
Announcement… “Journey through the Shadowlands” Released! 29 Jun 2021 Publisher Basil E. Bacorn has just released my middle-grade fantasy novel, Journey through the Shadowlands, and it is available for purchase now on the publisher's website and on Amazon, and…
Announcement… Cover Reveal: “Journey through the Shadowlands” 18 Jun 2021 The book itself won't be available till the end of the month, but you can see its cover now: here is Basil E. Bacorn Publishing's final version for the cover…
Announcement… Children’s Book Due Out This Month 8 Jun 2021 The timeline's a bit tight, but it looks like my children's book will be released at the end of this month. I just sent the publisher, Basil E. Bacorn, final…
Author post Year of the Novella 19 May 2021 I decided early last year to write several novellas, all in variations of the third-person style, and I have just finished the first draft of the third. I think I…
Announcement… Book Publishing Contract #3 27 Apr 2021 Yesterday I signed my third book contract with Basil E. Bacorn Publishing, after sending them what could be considered a sequel to My Turn to Die, which they accepted a…
book review Book Review: Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” 10 Apr 202111 Mar 2022 in Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro has produced yet another novel that is equal parts peculiar and affecting, in this case the story of an advanced AI in humanoid…
Announcement Book Publishing Contract #2! 17 Mar 2021 This morning I signed the contract with Basil E. Bacorn to publish my dark noir story, "My Turn to Die." Barring some impediment, it should come out in January of…