Novels: The Importance of Ending
As I’ve written and re-written the ending to The Director of Happiness again and again, I’ve been thinking a lot about endings for novels. As they’re…
In Search of the Lost Wackys
It all happened innocently enough. The year, 2008. The day, Saturday. The family had nothing to do. With time on our hands, and nothing to eat…
Is there a golden key to the endless video game saga?
It has happened again. Eliah and Lucas were playing downstairs quietly. Too quietly. I noticed the iPods (gifts from Santa) were missing from the kitchen counter…
A Note of Gratitude to Steve Scafidi
Recently I received something pretty unusual: a kind of “fan email” for my limited-edition chapbook, White-Feathered Bodies. It was from a guy I’d never met, Steve…
Mission Accomplished? A First Draft
It’s printing as I write. Simon Krimple’s Wager. The first time I’ve printed any of it as a matter of fact. A first draft. 100,000 words…
Finding Inspiration: Woody Allen
Last night, Shelley and I found a pleasant evening of escape watching Woody Allen’s much-anticipated Midnight in Paris. In fact, we’d already tried to go to…
Writing as Recovering
My parents, usually led by my dad, a minister, went through long periods of time when the family gathered for a devotion first thing in the…
hanging chad 