Dog Eared, Part IV, Chapter 9

Cease and Desist… As entertaining as the history of Faber & Faber is, this is not what preoccupies me now.…

Dog Eared, Part IV, Chapter 5

Get Over It… Some days it’s inescapable. Some days the weight of my publishing “to do” list bears upon me…

Body to Body… i finally found it. I finally found the key to my bank safety deposit box—and, this, after…

Hey, That’s My Shoe… To use a well-worn phrase, I’m on the road again. But I’m not traveling to promote…

Street Views… Our trip to Penland is the first of three excursions this summer. Next we head to Aspen, Colorado,…

How’s the Coffee? We’ve been at Penland for about four days and I’m starting to get tired of answering why…

Chattering Away… One of the perks of participating in the Near South Planning Board’s Author-in-the-Schools Program is that I get…

Midsummer Night’s Dream… I’m freezing. God, am I freezing and it’s the beginning of May. It’s the beginning of May…

Exercise Rule #23… I’m psyched. I’m jacked. I’m ready for the SCBWI Wild Wild West Conference and I’m ready for…

Oops… It’s a beautiful day in April, chilly but clear. Clumps of snowdrops and crocus flowers poke through thin layers…