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by Rockwell Kent It’s no secret that Alaska is my greatest muse. Having visited in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014, and also having written nearly half of Flashes of War there during [...]

{source} I realize the irony of blogging about best practices for time away from the Internet and email, but just hear me out: Having spent 4 1/2 days off the grid in the Upper Peninsula, [...]

Here are some of my revision pages from the novel. I like to call revision “re-visioning.” As often as I’ve traveled to Interlochen Center for the Arts since 2010, I’ve [...]

I ate whatever I wanted after the race. This included coconut milk ice cream and sweet potato fries. Today, I made a batch of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. While I’m not one for [...]

(source) I spent a few short days in Boston last week as a guest to the Solstice MFA in Writing at Pine Manor College program. Although I’ve taught students with graduate degrees before, it [...]

Some readers may or may not know that one of the ways I support myself is by offering mentoring and critique services to students across the United States. Typically, these are adults who have [...]

Breaking News: Flashes of War has been selected as a Finalist for the Literary Fiction BOOK OF THE YEAR award given by the Military Writers Society of America. It looks like I’m in good [...]

When I was writing Flashes of War, I didn’t read any fiction about Iraq and Afghanistan. But I immersed myself fully in many skillfully researched nonfiction books about war, the military, [...]