Category: blog

May 3, 2014

Prime Number Magazine Issue 53

I can’t believe it’s been four years. Our first issue (Issue 2, because we number in Primes) launched in July 2010. Today, our sixteenth…
April 29, 2014

The World in Translation

I had the pleasure this past weekend to participate in a terrific program at Black Swan Books & Music, a local store specializing in…
April 18, 2014

National Poetry Month

Last night, my local writers’ organization (SWAG Writers–the Staunton, Waynesboro, Augusta Group of Writers, a sub-chapter of the Virginia Writers Club), hosted our annual…
April 16, 2014

Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet

My new anthology, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet, is getting closer to being a reality. This has been a great process—from…
April 14, 2014

“My Writing Process” Blog Tour

I was invited to participate in this “My Writing Process” Blog Tour by Paulette Livers, a good friend from a couple of visits to…
February 26, 2014

My old law firm interviews me

Because I knew when I graduated from law school in 1981 that I wanted an international career (I had served in the Peace Corps…
February 25, 2014

On the Eve of AWP

Last year at this time, a large snowstorm that eventually dumped 20 inches of snow was bearing down on the Shenandoah Valley. Because that…
February 1, 2014

Trolling

When I was a kid, my family every summer went to a Minnesota lake because my father enjoyed fishing. Every day we went trolling…
January 28, 2014

恭喜发财– 新年快乐 Happy Year of the Horse!

January 24, 2014

NPR Interview Aired Today

I recently was interviewed by Martha Woodroof for “The Spark,” a program about creativity that airs on WMRA–the NPR station for the central Shenandoah…