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April 2, 2019

2019 Reading–March

Although March was a crazy month—I spent a week in New York, was busy with the Virginia Festival of the Book, taught at the…
March 19, 2019

Excerpt from THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY

The good folks at Cagibi were kind enough to run an excerpt from my novel, THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY, which is now available…
March 19, 2019

On Stage/On the Road

In the midst of a very busy month, I gave myself a break and headed to New York last week. It had been years…
February 28, 2019

2019 Reading–February

My year in books continues. The Virginia Festival of the Book is in March, and I agreed to moderate two panels again this year….
February 25, 2019

JMWW Interview

I had the pleasure of chatting with Curtis Smith at JMWW about my forthcoming novel, The Shaman of Turtle Valley. The interview is here.
February 19, 2019

New Novel: Path to Publication

With my first novel, The Shaman of Turtle Valley, scheduled for publication in May, I thought it might be interesting to review its path…
February 1, 2019

Ragdale–January 2019

Then We Came to the End. No, this isn’t a post about the Joshua Ferris novel. A couple of weeks ago, I posted about…
January 31, 2019

THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY available for pre-order NOW.

Announcing the publication on May 14, 2019, of my first novel, The Shaman of Turtle Valley, by Braddock Avenue Books. The book is NOW…
January 30, 2019

2019 Reading–January

In 2018 I managed to finish reading 72 books. I know people who read way more than that, but I doubt I’ll be able…