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Whew. We made it. Here are some photos from the journey…and I’m officially back on the blog, writing from Joseph, Oregon on the snowy shores of Wallowa Lake. Day 1: Celo, NC We only [...]

Well folks, we hit the road Saturday morning. Bummer is, I woke up with a head cold today and we got six inches of snow (and counting). It could be a rough start, but Steph grew up in New Jersey [...]

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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 [...]