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December 21, 2018
The Cats of Christmas Past
I’ve never owned a poinsettia plant. Until this holiday season. Let me tell you, if you have animal companions (“pets” is such a patronizing term, right?) the holidays are dangerous. Lethal dangerous. Don’t leave anyone or anything unattended dangerous. Maybe I worried too much in the past. Unless you’ve had to unwind a strand of […]
November 16, 2018
The Middle Hours
The light of perception casts short rays that delineate reality beaming from the sun to belittle our senses. Vibrant colors exist to wash light bathing days bled to dusk, fearing its departure, but neglect to realize darkness falling is just another shade of that same light transmitted via ultraviolet spectrum to our tired eyes ingrained […]
November 8, 2018
Upcoming Events and Appearances
I’ll be appearing at the Doylestown branch of the Bucks County Free Library from 1-3 in the afternoon on Saturday, November 10, 2018, and at the Quakertown branch on Saturday, November 17, 2018, from 1-3 in the afternoon. I’ll be signing copies of Whispers in the Alders, but really am looking forward to two fun, […]
October 12, 2018
The Inaugural Bucks County Book Fest
It’s long overdue that a book festival has landed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This is the home of many literary greats―and the writing talent from our little corner of the world continues to be impressive. Locals always knew that. And now, we finally have an outlet to showcase local talent while inviting some of the […]
September 21, 2018
Release Day for Whispers in the Alders!
It’s finally here―release day for Whispers in the Alders! The journey to publication for any book is a story unto itself. And Whispers in the Alders is no different. It’s an author’s dream to see their words in print and in the hands of readers. My thanks go to everyone at Brown Posey Press who […]
August 17, 2018
Whispers in the Alders – Release Date Announced!
Yes, the rumors you’ve heard are true—Sunbury Press will be publishing Whispers in the Alders! The release date is September 21, 2018. Aside from writing (and there has been plenty of writing these past few months—look for some more fiction and poetry to come soon), the behind-the-scenes work in preparing for the release of […]
June 8, 2018
Lunch with Bourdain
I’ve read that distractions can be healthy for the creative mind. But not this one. It is too much. Anthony Bourdain has left us. Another notable creative, the second this week following Kate Spade’s suicide, has given that solemn and harshly misunderstood farewell to life. A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
May 18, 2018
Book Review: “Salt Houses” by Hala Alyan
Salt Houses is Hala Alyan’s debut novel, and it draws upon her full breadth of experience as an academic, author, clinical psychologist, and poet. As a writer, Alyan is a poet first, and humbly acknowledges to her readers that “[w]ithout the poetry I would never have found the prose” (Alyan 311), a fact that readers […]
February 23, 2018
Trigger
From a distance, I watched their approach. They were shrouded in part by the dense foliage, its periodic breaks offering an occasional glimpse at the formation parading toward my position. From my vantage point I spied their ranks which were assembled into two columns, each measuring fifty deep. It would be some time before they […]
November 21, 2017
Authors Petition Blue Deco Publishing for Past Due Royalties
As an author, I have had the unfortunate circumstance that many authors fear: that their publisher will leave them behind, taking with them their royalties and leaving their rights in a state of legal purgatory. I would never wish this on anyone. The fortunate outcome: I am surrounded by a group of authors signed to […]
