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Incidentally, my high school has decided to do a short alumni spotlight on me. I share this not for the back story it affords, but for the tribute it pays to Ms. Wood, the high school English [...]

They actually fly the drones out of Nellis AFB in Nevada.

We’re sending unmanned drones into Pakistan, dropping missiles near the border of Afghanistan. Last week? One hundred eighty-seven innocent civilians were killed by the United States in these [...]

Yes to a childcare job for half the summer: 5 mornings a week , 9am-1pm, a 9month old daughter of craft artists I’ve known for a while. Good pay. (I did the math. This gig will cover my trip to [...]

Today’s post is a plug for my favorite weekly, THE WEEK, and an informative excerpt from the magazine. Since their archives are for subscribers only, I have cut and pasted the content of the [...]

It has been an eventful day, wherein I was given permission to both shower and drive. Oh joy! I can move at a speed of 1/2 mile per hour on flat surfaces. I have enlisted the help [...]

Yard Art Takes Revenge on Arts Writer Full moon fever struck along Conley Ridge this Friday, May 8 at approximately 9:30 pm, when a three-foot tall glass sculpture toppled and struck arts writer [...]

No from SMSU.No from Arkansas State University.No from the 5th dan who wanted a ghostwriter but changed his mind. Yes from Ceramics Monthly.Yes to a promotion from the literary journal I edit [...]

Tonight’s blog will be used to address a question that came from a reader and friend, and one that I’ve heard many other-a-writer grapple with as well. She writes: “Aren’t you potentially [...]

Another short short fiction piece (these are all just drafts for fun, ok?), somewhat inspired by the following interview by a writer who just compiled a coming-of-age [...]