I completed the first draft of a story called “Millie Floating” in the fall of 2004. In those days, my goal was to edit a project until I had a final draft, at which time I could send it out […]
What Do Mistakes Say About Writers?
I can’t arrive at true and realistic final edits for my essays, articles, or even comments until I’ve posted online whatever I’ve composed in draft form offline.
Lonely Rebels Unite: It’s Novelicious
You go through quite a journey of discovery when you write a novel. The reason that long fiction is so important is because it’s an extended opportunity to learn and think about being in the world. Sometimes novels and their […]
Talking to Each Other Without Understanding Much at All
The tendency to see people through superficial stereotyping has become the norm. And the ease with which we all forget that when simplistically misjudging other people can affect whole families and communities.
Do You Know What You’re Missing?
I’ve had three guest posts up now at my publisher’s web site . Each of the pieces gives a bit of a different take on the origins of my novel, Old Music for New People. The read time for each […]
A July 4th Clip from “Old Music for New People” Chapter 11: Fireworks and Duds
That first shot of light into the night sky feels like they’re offering you a promise of magic that you’d forgotten about all year. There’s a single volley with a tail of faint light opening up a crack in the […]
The Old Music Part of Writing “New People”
More than anything, Murakami seems to use music in his stories as a poetic way to point at ideas of inspiration and emotional grounding for his characters.
The Summer We Are 15
Flash growth and learning to survive. A version of this essay was originally published at Medium.com and then with The Good Men Project “Modern Identities” imprint I was 15 in 1973. It was the year my parents began their divorce. It […]
Freezing Our Asses Off at the Feet of Al Gore
I do, however, want to share a number of ironies and interesting tidbits about An Inconvenient Truth that should at least be amusing, if not downright deep.
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