Announcement… “The Deep Blue Sea” 21 Jan 2023 My short story, "The Deep Blue Sea," is now available in the Arlington Literary Journal, aka ArLiJo. The story centers on work, class, race, family, comradeship, and, of course, the…
Announcement… “Inner Sanctum” 31 Dec 2021 Another short story of mine has just come out today! You can read "Inner Sanctum" (and a host of other good works, of course) in Ginosko Literary Journal at: Ginosko…
Announcement… “The Day It Almost Snowed” 4 Jan 20209 Oct 2020 Looks like 2020's getting off to a rollicking start, with yet another story published! True, the last two were supposed to have been published in December, but they actually appeared…
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…
Author post Managing Distraction 19 May 2019 I recently saw an ad for the Freewrite, a "distraction-free" portable word processor--that is, one with no Internet capability. I immediately recognized it as something inspired by the old Alphasmart…
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,…
Announcement… The End of Something Else 28 Oct 20189 Nov 2018 As some of you may know, I have been working part-time as an "Adult Literacy Coordinator" in the Echo Park branch of the Los Angeles Public Library for the last…
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