Category: blog

March 13, 2020

Interview with Chris Register

Chris Register is a Charlottesville, VA writer I bump into from time to time at writing events. We discovered that we have some things…
March 10, 2020

Virginia Festival of the Book is Canceled

Under any circumstances, I would have been disappointed to learn that the Virginia Festival of the Book had been canceled. (I just received an…
March 1, 2020

Book Tour: North Carolina

A few months ago I realized I would have a window of opportunity in February to do a swing through North Carolina to promote…
March 1, 2020

2020 Reading–February

Only five books finished this month, but, hey, it’s a short month, even with Leap Day! Friend by Paek Nam-nyung is a curiosity, at…
January 31, 2020

2020 Reading–January

Starting the year off slowly, with just six books finished this month. (My goal for the year is 66 books, so I’m just a…
January 8, 2020

New Book Now Available for Pre-Order

My new short story collection, House of the Ancients and Other Stories is now available for pre-order from the publisher, Press 53. The official…
January 1, 2020

Writing Goals for 2020

Happy New Year! What will you accomplish in 2020? I believe that writers, maybe more than any other artists and certainly more than other…
December 31, 2019

2019: My Year In Review

At my age, time really flies. I can’t believe this year is over already. But I have to say, as years go (not counting…
December 31, 2019

2019 Reading–December

With travel and a writing residency, it was a busy month, so I finished just six books, but that brought me to 80 for…
December 21, 2019

Barcelona

Although I was waiting to hear about a short-notice writing residency, I saw a window of opportunity for travel and decided to jump through…