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If Duct Tape or Gorilla Tape ever needed to sponsor a starving artist, I believe I’d be the classic case. I’ve used both of these products countless times to “repair” my Volvo with much success. [...]

It’s time to start thinking about my next stop on the two-year writing residency and fellowship tour! This Saturday morning, my dear friend Steph and I depart for the 2,700 mile drive from [...]

Last October, I spent a month as Writer-in-Residence at Weymouth Center in Southern Pines, NC. With high-speed Internet, an injured foot keeping me at the desk, and the go-ahead from my trusty [...]

I always use this time of year to reflect on the previous 12 months and think about the kind of vision I want to set forth for the coming year. If I make resolutions, I try to make them as [...]

It’s pretty difficult to choose my top 10 books read during 2010, especially since so many of them were read for a specific purpose (ex. studying war). But because the purpose of this list would [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen: I proudly present, My 2010 Book List. Here’s a list of everything I read…excluding submissions, editing manuscripts, news articles/magazines, and friends’ stories. It’s been [...]

One major part of life on the road has included my independent martial arts training. I left North Carolina 11 months ago as a brown belt. My teacher, Hanshi, and I agreed that I’d call and write [...]

I spent some time up in the attic this afternoon, sorting through boxes of books and deciding what I’ll need for Oregon, the mystery of May & June, and then summer 2011 at Interlochen (MI) [...]

The day after I arrived, Mom and I headed to Ingles grocery store. We got about fifteen feet past the grapes and then we saw five people we know: Two glassblowers whose three children we taught [...]

Quick business news, then the real posts about being home in North Carolina begin tomorrow… John and I are pleased to announce the new, improved, dino-fantastic TRACHODON Website. Check it out, [...]