Just found this unfinished blog post from July 25, 2009, and realized it wound up evolving into part of the first paragraph of Chapter One in Visiting Tom: as frustrating…View post

Writin’ like sixty. (Anyone else use the phrase “like sixty”? Got it from my Dad. Way back when I was a tot. Unsure of derivation and not gonna Google it,…View post

Every author hopes to write something that moves someone to action. From an email I received this weekend: “After reading Truck I got motivated and went out to the garage…View post

Jess Witkins asked me some questions and the answers include: Neil Gaiman, Christopher Moore, napping tips, a Big Blue Tent, YA novels, the power of Oops!, writing in a Super…View post

In the interest of the quarterly health insurance premium having just arrived (it seems to show up every three months) (and yet I never feel prepared) (and yet have lately…View post