I’ll be reading/performing two stories at the Suwanee Arts Fest (Georgia) this weekend. Free. I’d love if you stopped by and introduce yourself. Suwanee Town Center at the Author’s Booth. I’ll have books to sell (I’m happy to sign). Both...
I’ve got a new thing beginning that the writers among you might be interested in. It’s a writing critique group. Essentially, it’s a small group of writers offering guided critiques of each other’s writing. You will learn from each other, and...
I have a new book available in print. The Raging Giant Blue Goldfish: 22 Short Stories. As book titles go, that’s certainly a mouthful. It’s a collection of short stories. Almost two dozen. These are the kinds of stories you might tell on the porch. All of...
Have you done a Chat-GPT vanity chat? What’s your take? Is it really you they are talking about? Or, maybe they’ve not noticed you enough? Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,vanity of vanities! All is vanity.What does man gain by all the toilat which he toils...
I often start the morning reading. In this case, an old familiar favorite. Any writer worth his salt is an active reader. This should be an obvious truth, but whenever I talk to someone who tells me they want to write well, I ask them what they are reading. If they...
Editing. A dirty word. A panicky-word. A dreadful word. An often procrastinated responsibility. Filled with new mistakes. Crammed with insecurity. Sometimes more red than black. A comedy of errors. Riddled with indecisiveness. “Why do I bother?”...
