Theme, Inspiration, and Boat Repair
It’s important to me as I write to have several regular themes that repeat, or can be seen to repeat, throughout the text. It might not...
Flooded, a Creative Anthology of Brain Injuries
Welcome to my turn on the Flooded Blog Tour. Managed by Victoria Griffin (http://www.victoriagriffin.net/), Flooded is a creative...
End Fascination
This is an excerpt from Chapter Four of "Mya"--and excerpt and personal philosophy. "Mya shook her head—people want to believe so badly...
Mya - Chapter 1 (Version 5.0)
I've said in the past that writing is like sculpting: you start with a completely misshapen rock (your idea or concept), and every second...
Inspiration
When writing "Decline", my first novel, I wanted to arrive at the end through silence, emptiness--to subvert the norm: start with action,...
c. 1646
Presented in the light of day for the first--and possibly only--time is a short excerpt of a separate project I did some work on. It's...
Haiku of the Day
It's what you've been waiting for, checking the site over and over, breath held and fingers trembling on the mouse/screen, then cursing...
Excerpt from the novel, Decline
My novel, Decline, was published on August 23, 2016. Here is an excerpt. For a synopsis and a link to purchase, see the "Books" section. ...