Showing off my diastema with my friend and publisher Kathy from Wisconsin Historical Society Press (they published my latest book, From the Top). We were selling books and meeting writers…View post

If you’re looking for the most important page in the new book, there are two: the dedication page, and the acknowledgments page. On the second, you will see a thank…View post

Well, quite a week. Spoke to high school students, librarians, firefighters and fire inspectors, islanders, a tow truck driver, an auto mechanic, and a rental car agency. Still in the…View post

Working on a manuscript in a scruffy (the best kind of scruffy) coffee shop somewhere along the California coast. A woman enters, dressed in worn coveralls and an off-kilter trucker…View post

So many of you quietly supportive out there, it does not escape my attention. So many people I never meet who help me do all the things beyond typing. Thank…View post