>The Book Stall at Chestnut Court

> I’m looking forward to my visit to The Book Stall in Winnetka this Saturday at 2pm! The Book Stall at Chestnut Court

>Clifford Garstang – In an Uncharted Country | Seminary Co-Operative Bookstore, Inc.

>I’ll be at 57th Street Books on Thursday at 6pm. Stop by and say hello! Clifford Garstang – In an Uncharted Country | Seminary…

>Truth or Something Like It by Curtis Smith

> Truth or Something Like It Curtis Smith Casperian Books, 2010 Sex. Murder. Drugs. Religion. Politics. This novel has it all. It’s even got…

>A Reader’s Advice to Writers

>I recently wrote about the Ten Rules for Fiction Writers from The Guardian that writers are still chatting about online. Now comes, in Salon,…

>Virginia Legislature Endangers Art Funding

>I could write a whole new post about this, about how budget slashing in Virginia endangers the arts in SO many ways. But it’s…

>Gray Baby by Scott Loring Sanders

> Gray Baby Scott Loring Sanders Houghton Mifflin 2009 Although this is technically a “young adult” novel (like the author’s first book, The Hanging…

>Ten Rules for Writing Fiction

>Writer friends are passing around an amusing link that’s actually two links. First we’ve got Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. With the…

>Review of In an Uncharted Country

> Today’s Virginian-Pilot has a review of my collection of linked short stories,In an Uncharted Country. Subscribers (the paper, based in Norfolk/Hampton Roads, has…

>ASC: Henry VI, Part 2

>Last night was opening night for Henry VI Part 2 at Staunton’s American Shakespeare Center. Once again, it is astounding how this company can…

>Dave Beck

>Check out the sculptures by Dave Beck. Dave was at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts at the same time I was…