Yesterday I bid adieu to my Facebook wall and all the people who live there (for as long as I can, I think). It felt really interesting to wake up this morning. That strange convolution was no longer tangled up […]
Notes on the Heart of Darkness: Ex-Urban Wildernesses
When someone speaks knowingly of a heart of darkness somewhere, understand that they don’t realize this heart is only an opening or an entrance into something that is hard to understand. Inside a real heart of darkness there are dimensions. […]
Smashwords Rocks: My Books at Your Price and the Philosophy of Modern Fiction
A few days ago I posted my novel Beyond the Will of God to Smashwords.com as my first experience with the book distribution upstart. Yesterday I posted both of my story collections, Trying to Care: A Story Collection and Implosions of […]
Along With Ecstasy: an Ex:Urbia ex:cerpt
Below is a work-in-progress passage from my novel Ex:Urbia. Along With Ecstasy I pass a crumpled pickup on the road tonight heading home from the city. I had given a dinner speech at the Center City Marriott on contract fund […]
Real Romance: Implosions of America
My fellow Americans, we are all so stupid and wishy-washy about love. Those of us in our 50s and beyond are also faced almost daily with the weird little gremlin of loss — loss of parents, loss of friends, loss […]
Those Who Wake Up in Love
Love seems to be growing rarer and rarer in this world, doesn’t matter which kind I’m talking about. There’s vitriol and hostility everywhere — on all sides. I get it, I suppose. Love in every form requires vulnerability and courage. […]
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