I have been accused of smacking my readers over the head, being preachy and judgmental. I am. Working on it. Trying for more subtlety. But damn me if I don’t think my readers sometimes deserve the full truth. Raw. Blunt. I hate flu season. Not the disease so much but the season. I hate snow. […]
Sometimes words are unnecessary. Such a weird thing for a writer to say. Coming up on Valentine’s Day, I want to remember what it is to be in love, astoundingly, courageously, heart in my mouth, love. When I started thinking about this post, a series of images took flower in my heart, bittersweet, opening my […]
Reading my work scares me. Yes, I know I do things most people would rightly balk at – climb mountain ridges, hurl shoes, go to a NYC sex club alone. But the world doesn’t make a deodorant that can stop my sweat when reading for my peers. I have resorted to beta-blockers. They take the […]
I keep thinking about Freedom of Speech – how the world needs words, images, dialogue, differences of opinion to save it. Yes, I know it is a difficult concept and painful reality but I had an experience where words saved me. A few years ago, I flew half way around the world to meet my […]
I said aloud, “I am cursed.” “Yes,” she said. “Since Thanksgiving things have sucketh mightily as my family says,” I said after a lousy run of luck over the holidays. My book came out at a weird time before the holidays. It’s not a typical holiday read (a collection of short stories and/or workbook about […]