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You Don’t Need Quotation Marks (And You Can Quote Me On That)

On January 29, 2019 / Writing / 1,684 Comments

I’ve written a piece on why I hate to use quotation marks in fiction (and a […]

Where I Write

On April 20, 2018 / General, Writing / 137 Comments

Here’s an article I penned for the Crime Files website about where I write. Note: […]

How Russia Swung My Direction

On April 17, 2018 / Black Chalk, General, Grist Mill Road, Writing / 40 Comments

I’ve written a piece for Literary Hub about how, after almost ten years of writing […]

Might As Well Jump

On January 11, 2018 / Black Chalk, Grist Mill Road, Writing / 62 Comments

I just wrote an essay for the Powell’s blog on taking literal and creative leaps. (AKA, […]

Read It and Weep

On January 8, 2018 / Grist Mill Road, Writing / 48 Comments

I’ve written an article for Read It Forward on why I want to make you […]

Short Story (And Second Novel Update)

On April 20, 2016 / Next novel, Writing / 46 Comments

Click here for a short story I recently had published in Honeysuckle Magazine. (It begins […]

Mr. Media and Me

On July 7, 2014 / Black Chalk, Writing / 6 Comments

Here’s a video podcast interview with Mr Media (Bob Andelman) in which I discuss some […]

Huffington Post Interview

On May 13, 2014 / Black Chalk, Writing / 9 Comments

I recently had a very enjoyable interview with Jaime Lubin for The Huffington Post. This […]

A Safe Haven For Writing

On January 20, 2014 / Writing / 2 Comments

Witness my new secret weapon in the war against non-productivity. This is a kitchen safe, […]

Flushed With Pride

On November 24, 2013 / Black Chalk, Writing / 10 Comments

It was a great thrill to have a piece included in my childhood local newspaper, […]

Black Chalk, In Numbers

On November 12, 2013 / Black Chalk, Lists, Writing / 3 Comments

700 – the number of days it took to write a first draft of Black […]

The Write Stuff

On August 26, 2013 / Writing / 4 Comments

I write in a corner of our bedroom, four floors up. Light comes in from […]