When it comes to long form fiction, I am a planner. I don’t like to write a cobblestone street into a scene without knowing who originally laid it and when. I want to see their permit, validate their license, and inspect their tools. I want to see the stones being quarried. Then, just for good […]
Those of you who have kept an eye on my Reading List know that I am working my way through Stephen King’s “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.” The book is part memoir, part love letter to his wife, and part father-child talk…
…if that father was the recovering alcoholic, back-from-the-front father with the […]
Hard to believe that all of January went by without a blog post, but when you have your wife’s birthday, rebuilding your website, and then this past week the “Blizzard of 2011,” things can get hectic. There is more on my brain to share, more posts already in the works, and more things I plan […]