On the Nature of Things in My House
In these uncertain days, I keep thinking about where my belief in anything comes from: From the atom to the empyrean, from the time out...
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“Money’s Too Tight To Mention”
I have a way with words. And I have a way with money. Actually, that’s not entirely true: Money has always had its way with me. I realize...
Unstylish council
Since I’m having a hard time writing, I’m going back to basics, entering into a Homo Ludens stage, so I’m going to gas-up this blog....
Tradition & My Individual Book
Here's a list of The Killing Moon's influences, the books and writers who form, let's say, the hyphae that webs its dark earth: Homer’s...
In Praise of Ruins
Gushing a bit here, but why not. I'm so thrilled by the artwork for The Killing Moon. Daniele Serra is such an amazing artist. His work...
To The Lighthouse
Keeper of darkness, not light. This is what I think when I think about lighthouses. In fact, I'm working on a novella right now that is...
Trees
This line from a Ted Hughes poem "Trees" is the kind of animism and frisson that fuels my own writing: "Trees, it is your own...
What's He Building in There?
The American writer James Salter wrote: “There is no complete life. There are only fragments.” The inception of my novel, The Killing...
Get Your Excerpt Here
PS Publishing is running an excerpt from The Killing Moon on its Website. Read and get what the Irish Writer William Trevor refers to as...
Just in Time for Halloween!
My novel, The Killing Moon, is to be published on Halloween by PS Publishing (https://www.pspublishing.co.uk). It just got a mention in...
Take Me To the River
It's Father's Day and I got a very nice surprise The new PS Publishing newsletter (https://preview.mailerlite.com/a3m3t6) mentions The...
Separation is the Thing
“Separation” by W.S. Merwin Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color. I...
Austrian Artist Arthur Paunzen
Something wicked this ways comes....
You Know You Want It!
Why do I feel this sense of cognitive dissonance when it comes to promoting myself? It’s a bit like the bee stuck in its own honey. But...
News from nowhere
The initial blog. The hand on the curtain ready to move it aside and step onto the flood-lit stage. The nervous animal at the lip of its...
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