Welcome to my new website.

Welcome to my new website.

I’m so glad you dropped by. I’m launching a new website, and I hope to return to regular blog writing again. So what can you expect from my blogs? A little of everything: a whole lot of discussion of the craft of writing, some discussion of isolated...

Writing Tuesday: Climbing into the Stands

There’s something almost intrusive about watching an athlete after he or she wins a championship or event. No matter the sport, the winner usually seeks out his or her group. In golf, the winning golfer may hug his caddy (or jump in a lake). In baseball, the teammates...

Reading Thursday: Anthologies and Novellas

Lately it seems as though I’ve read as many short stories as I have full-length novels. This isn’t a new trend. In high school, I read many short stories by the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie (and let me give a quick shout-out to the fact that this past week marked...