Reading Recommendation: Overstory, by Richard Powers
Every once in a while, a book’s ideas and presentation will wake me from sound sleep and make me fumble out of bed and grab coffee at an odd hour. This does not happen often anymore; as a writer I am often ever-so-slightly distanced by being able to see the...A Year Without a Winter
I’m really excited to share some news. If you read my newsletter, you heard this story. If you don’t, and you want new stories about once a month, you can sign up here. Here’s my news…..I finished my first-ever work as a fiction editor. This project, the...KEEPERS — A book by the numbers
So the first draft of Keepers (the sequel to Wilders) is turned in! I track my time, and it took 255 hours to get the book to this point. The first entry was in February. So that’s 9 months, at roughly 28 hours a month, although in reality there were three big...My Stonecoast MFA
I recently completed a Masters in Fine Arts at Stonecoast. A number of people asked me why, and others have whether or not it was worth it. So here’s my write-up, which might help mid-career authors who are considering an MFA. First – a brief description. Stonecoast...The Importance of Science to SF
I am writing this from a coffee shop in DC. One of the reasons I came here at this time was to participate in the March for Science right here in the capital. The March I ran into three friends, fellow writer Brenda Clough and her husband Larry Clough, and another...
So ever since I ordered it in NOVEMBER I have been looking forward to getting my Peloton bike. It’s supposed to come NEXT WEEK. They JUST texted me that there is a 6 WEEK delay. @onepeloton utter fail!!!!! Do I even want it for spring and summer? That’s when I ride outside!