I woke up at 3:30 a.m. and couldn’t sleep. After a while I drifted downstairs, brewed coffee, and sat in front of the pellet stove waiting for the snow to arrive. I picked up “Gimpel the Fool” by Isaac Bashevis…
On Starting Over After 40,000 Words
As I write this, Hurricane Matthew is barreling up the Florida Coast. The storm has already devastated Haiti and caused issues throughout the Caribbean. My thoughts are with those who were — or are — in the path of this…
Author Copies Have Arrived!
It’s always a nice moment when your work arrives in the mail published in a book or literary journal. I just received my two author’s copies of the July 2016 issue of Red Earth Review, which includes my short fiction…
Catching up on some writing news
Can the first week of August really be over? Apparently, yes. I started the summer with a trip to Alaska and have spent time since then working, writing, reading, and getting ready for the fall semester at Lasell College. I’ll…
I’ve had a new story accepted for publication
I just learned that my short story “Capture the Moon” has been accepted for publication by Red Earth Review, a literary magazine published by the Red Earth MFA program at Oklahoma City University. The story will appear in Volume 4…
A third place win for my first mystery story
I have some fun and exciting news to share today. The winners have just been announced in the MYSTERY TIMES TEN 2013 Short Story Competition sponsored by the independent small press Buddhapuss Ink (publisher of my first book, due this…
The blog is back — and so is the writing
As I mentioned in a quick post the other day, my blog was out of commission for a couple of weeks — sorry about that, readers! One day I logged in to write a new post and got a strange…
A Small Bit of Publishing News
It’s a cold, snowy afternoon in Boston (quite a change from hot and humid Florida, where I was last week) and I thought I’d pass on some publicatin news. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was one of…