The other day I received a surprise email from Keith Hoerner, editor of The Dribble Drabble Review. By way of the fun graphic below, he announced that my short fiction piece, “By the Sea” had won a place in the…
A “Best Of” Mention is Always Nice
Hear my Microfiction on Spotify!
Some nice news: I was contacted by C.K. Jensen, who runs a writing podcast on Spotify called Quid Prose Quo. They read my piece Generations in The Centifictionist and viewed it as an example of “fantastic microfiction.” C.K. asked if…
Writers in the Trenches: Novelist Joan Schweighardt, a “master of historical fiction”
In today’s Writers in the Trenches interview, we tackle a genre we haven’t discussed before in detail – historical fiction. Joan Schweighardt’s new novel, Gifts for the Dead, takes place in the early 20th century in Hoboken, NJ. It’s the…
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…
Writers in the Trenches: An Interview with BEFORE WE DIED author Joan Schweighardt
The first installment of “Writers in the Trenches,” a new series of interviews I’ll be posting on the blog, features Joan Schweighardt.
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…