Category: Role of the Writer

Mood Work

In 1998, not long after my father died, I read 1984 by George Orwell. A great novel, far from great timing. When we read a…

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Release Day Review

Yesterday my debut novel was released. The Confessions of Adam is in the wild. It must now fend for itself. I can no longer tinker…

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The Last Read

This week I finished reading, for the fourth time in six months, my debut novel The Confessions of Adam. This was my last reading. With…

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First Copies

At a conference last week my publisher had a book table and sold the first pre-release copies of my debut novel, The Confessions of Adam.…

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Next

I am well into the throes of writing my second novel. I’ve heard that many writers don’t get the first novel they write published. The…

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