Category: Writing Life

  • I Can Do This

    I remember the moment. I am standing in my study at my bookshelf. It is 1988 or 1989. I am in college, a sophomore. I…

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  • It’s Like Starting a Business

    On the morning of February 25th, I had a conference call with my publisher, Karen Porter at Bold Vision Books. She and I discussed social…

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  • The Other Folder*

    In preparation for my mother’s visitation and memorial service this week, my sister gave my daughter two folders of my mom’s writings to put together…

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  • Tossing the Lasso

    I live a life of daily, lusty, creative pursuit. I alternate between quiet hours of writing the next draft of my second novel, reading one…

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  • Keep Trusting the Process

    A few weeks ago I printed the first 30 pages of my forth-coming novel, (tentatively titled) The Confessions of Adam, grabbed a pencil, and began…

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