I first “met” Ellie Dias (we’ve actually never met in person) when she was signed on to the same publisher that published my memoir-in-essays, Message From a Blue Jay. The authors published by that wonderful independent press, Buddhapuss Ink, tended…
Poem for Honey, the dolphin left alone in a shuttered aquarium in Japan
Honey I rememberthe sun on my skin. I remember the otherswho called to me,cared for me.I frozewith fearwhen the boats surrounded us,flailed a good-bye through the blood of my mother. How strange to pingwallspainted blue.How strange to swim circles,and dancefor…
Publication Date Set for TRIBBS: THE CAT WHO WAS SO HANDSOME!
I’m excited to report that the second book in my Stray Cat Stories children’s book series has a publication date. The book will be published by Writers Coffee Bar Press on August 19, 2019. That happens to be Clear the…
Writers in the Trenches: Scott Hilton Davis brings Yiddish Stories to an American Audience
I was introduced to the work of Scott Hilton Davis by Dr. Erika Dreifus, author of the short story collection Quiet Americans and an advocate for writers and Jewish literature. Erika guessed I’d be interested in Davis’ work, and she…
A new book is on the way…
Thanks to the wonderful reception for LITTLE WHITE: THE FERAL CAT WHO FOUND A HOME, a new children’s book is in the works, set to be released later this year by Writers Coffee Bar Press. TRIBBS: THE CAT WHO WAS…
Writers in the Trenches: Graphic Novelist Jonathan Todd on Finding His Niche, Landing a Publishing Contract, and Boston Kids Comics Fest
Jonathan Todd is the author and illustrator of the forthcoming middle-grade graphic novel Timid (Scholastic 2021). Todd is also co-founder of the Boston Kids Comics Fest. A graduate of the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing program, Todd lives in…
New Year’s Eve
It’s New Year’s Eve. In a few hours the clock will strike midnight on the East Coast, and 2018 will join the line of the years that went before it, marching slowly into memory and history. In some parts of…
Writers in the Trenches: James Anderson, author of “The Never Open Desert Diner” and “Lullaby Road”
James Anderson’s first novel, The Never Open Desert Diner, had me from the title. It turns out that wasn’t an accident. James tells me in this interview that he works harder on his titles than many authors might, and he…
A quick video of a little fan reading Little White
So heartwarming and sweet! Nothing touches a writer’s heart more.
Why, In the Midst of Chaos, Did I Write About a Feral Cat?
Why do animals and wildlife figure so prominently in my writing? An interviewer asked me that question recently. At the time I answered the best way I could, but I have thought a lot about that question over the past…