It is with pride that I can honor a great American, a great Ohioan, on this Memorial Day. My short story, “Zombie Hitler Vs. Neil Armstrong” has been purchased by British publication Ponokitsch. Yes, the story is pretty much exactly Read more
I’ll be reading at Euclid Beach Park, May 30th at 12:15pm, as part of the kick-off celebration for the Lakefront Literacy Project. Books on the Beach! Yay! Oh hey – here’s their indigogo page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/books-on-the-beach-the-lakefront-literacy-project
No illustrated blog post this week. I’m back in the hospital AGAIN. Being a languishing waif is nowhere near as romantic as I was lead to believe.
Subtitle: Why I don’t use word counts as a measure of productivity. Knitting is awesome. If I follow the pattern, I end up with a sweater. EVERY TIME. I just start at the beginning and go to the end. Many Read more
So, you have an idea for a story – maybe it’s just an idea for a set-up or an emotional payoff at the end, and you have to get the reader from your brilliant first sentence to your brilliant last Read more
“If you’re waiting for your muse, I’ve got news for you; he or she is on a beach in Maui!” -Robert Crais (Best-selling author and wearer of fabulous Hawaiian shirts.) I realized years ago that if I wanted to be Read more
The depressing truth is, all characters we write are filtered through ourselves. I’m not writing a character based on my high school English teacher, I’m writing a character based on MY interpretation of that English teacher. It can feel fake. Read more