I haven’t been keeping up on this blog lately, but that could change soon. I have a busy writing year coming up in 2023. First, the anthology I co-edited with Joan Schweighardt, The Art of Touch: A Collection of Prose…
Big News: New Book On the Way
Cover Reveal – FRAZIER: THE VERY SPECIAL CAT
The day has arrived! The cover has been revealed for the third and final book in my Stray Cat Stories children’s book series. Meet FRAZIER: THE VERY SPECIAL CAT (Writer’s Coffee Bar Press). The book’s release date is National Cat…
Summer 2021 and a New Book
Time seems to be passing in strange ways; it’s somehow going both quickly and slowly simultaneously. It’s hard to believe we’re more than half-way through 2021, when 2020 felt like it would last forever — and for the first few…
Two New Essay Publications
Just a quick note about two new personal essays that have been accepted by publications. My very short flash essay “Swallow” has been published in the online literary journal pioneertown. You can read the essay here (my bio is longer…
Some Publication News
First things first: I hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well during these challenging times. The light appears to be at the end of the tunnel. Let’s keep on keepin’ on until we all get through this together.…
When You Have to Leave to Come Back: Honoring My Own Voice
The early mornings are cooling off in Boston. For a time in July it was too hot to sit out behind our house with a cup of hot coffee in the mornings. That’s changing now; I can enjoy a little…
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…
Writers in the Trenches: Jasen Sousa on Surviving, and Thriving
The very first time I heard Jasen Sousa read, I knew he was something special. Something different. His energy and rhythm were those of a young rapper, and his topic that day was a woman lost, a story from the…
Writers in the Trenches: Talking Writing and Photography with Pushcart-Nominated Essayist Jim Kennedy
Jim Kennedy’s creative nonfiction essay “End of the Line” is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I’ve ever had the privilege to read or teach. Published in the highly respected journal Creative Nonfiction, nominated for a Pushcart Prize,…