Now that I finallyhave this blog integrated into this website (as opposed to providing a link to a WordPress site) I expect to be posting a lot more regularly. Sorry for the delays. I’m sure many of you turned blue while holding your breath waiting for me, but I ran into a lot more technical difficulties than I expected. […]
Birthdays of Three Seminal Influences
Today marks the third of three straight days of birthdays celebrated by seminal writing influences of mine. Jeanne Cavelos, whose Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop turned my writing career around, celebrated her birthday on Wednesday. When I attended Odyssey in 2006, I was struggling mightily, more with confidence than anything else. I’d enjoyed considerable success with my […]
On Hemingway and Immortality
In the end, it was just a house. I warmed up for my tour of Ernest Hemingway’s house on Key West by listening to Bach’s Second Brandenburg Concerto as I walked, figuring what better way to set the stage for artistic immortality than hearing Johann Sebastian at his very best. I paid my twelve dollars and […]