I am grateful as heck to all the people who have been enjoying Old Music for New People, and to the team at The Story Plant working hard to get folks to pay attention to this story that wants to […]
What Does Gender Mean, Anyway?
I’m happy to say that my new novel Old Music for New People comes out early next week (click here to go to its main landing page). As anyone who loves teens knows, stories about young people coming of age […]
Old Music for New People: Coming Soon
So what’s the book about? Well, there’s a big conversation going on in this country right now about gender identity.
Maybe Everything Depends on the Wedding
What the writer leaves out is the fact that not only do the lovers travel into the sun (such a beautiful and straightforward metaphor for the future) but the rest of the world rides off with them as well.
After My Book Deal: Life Changing or Same Old Struggle?
But, yes, it’s hard to understand why people who write keep pushing the boulder of fiction up a bunch of hills.
The Voice of the Rising Tide
I’ve been reading bits and pieces of Zen master and poet Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Miracle of Mindfulness for the past year. I posted a note on that back in January of 2020 called “The Enlightened and the Lonely.” It […]
About My Latest Story: “Animals with Nowhere to Go”
I was so happy to see my story, “Animals with Nowhere to Go”, published this month (January) at Jerry Jazz Musician. I wrote “Animals” specifically to enter the Jerry Jazz 55th short fiction contest last fall. Even though it only wound […]
Back from Facebook Freedom
I had every intention of walking away for good, but as a lifelong professional planner I knew better than to burn a bridge or cut a tie or murder the messenger too swiftly.
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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