Signing at the BkMk Press/New Letters table with Susan Grimm (fellow BkMk author) with her poetry collection, Lake Erie Blue Talk about support! See: supportive writing friends My heartfelt thanks to everyone who stopped by. I signed a good number of books, saw a few old friends, met some wonderful writers and readers for the [...]

Noon. Friday. AWP Book Expo. Table C1-C2. I’ll be there with my books, my free bookmarks and a smile.

One year ago today, Peter and I were in an olive oil store in Paso Robles, California, tasting each variety and trying to decide which one to take home. As I dipped those little pieces of bread into various olive oils (hey, someone’s gotta do it), my cell phone rang — an unrecognized number, but [...]

This week, I had a pleasant and productive conversation with my editor at BkMk Press about Living Arrangements. Not to sound like a complete nerd (a phrase that will undoubtedly be followed by me being a complete nerd) but it is a pretty awesome feeling to have just gotten off the phone with your book [...]