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{source} I had the distinct honor of reading alongside award-winning novelist Mary Kay Zuravleff last night. Although Flashes of War was for sale on the book table, I knew instinctively that [...]

What a line-up! Just twenty-four hours from now, I get to fly to one of my favorite, creative places on the planet: Interlochen Center for the Arts. Readers of The Writing Life will know [...]

Wallowa Mountains, Oregon I’m delighted to share this news and link with you today, via the very fine literary publication, Consequence Magazine. From the notes on their website, [...]

I’ve never been one for shoot ’em ups. No high speed car chases. No murder mysteries or psychological thrillers. Books, movies–across the mediums–I just don’t feel a [...]

I’ve got the structure and plot of the novel down. I could feel it when I submitted it to the editor I’ve hired and she agreed. It took a solid year to get it from various character [...]

The wedding went off “without a hitch,” as they say, and Brad and I are still soaring from the love, support, and blessings of community that gathered to witness and celebrate our [...]

Flashes of War is two years old, today. To my great surprise, I’m happy to report that invitations to read and present at colleges and organizations continue to come my way. It’s [...]

I’m getting married in 9 days! Then, I’m going here: {View off main floor deck.} All of which is to say: The Writing Life Blog will be offline May 1 – May 26. Meantime, my [...]

Writing is a physical act; it is three-dimensional. It can’t be limited to the distance between eyes to screen, fingertips to keyboard. It can’t be limited to the space between [...]

It finally happened. I’m running along, happy as can be, and the goats are up on the hillside doing their goat thing. They meeaa-aa-aa at me. I meeaa-aa-aa back at them. Around [...]