Archive for the Writing Category

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

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

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

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Where I Write

Where I Write

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

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How Russia Swung My Direction

How Russia Swung My Direction

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

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Might As Well Jump

Might As Well Jump

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

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Read It and Weep

Read It and Weep

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

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Short Story (And Second Novel Update)

Short Story (And Second Novel Update)

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

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Mr. Media and Me

Mr. Media and Me

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

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Huffington Post Interview

Huffington Post Interview

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

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A Safe Haven For Writing

A Safe Haven For Writing

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

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Flushed With Pride

Flushed With Pride

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

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Black Chalk, In Numbers

Black Chalk, In Numbers

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

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The Write Stuff

The Write Stuff

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

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