In eight years of hardcore writing, I’ve probably amassed several thousands pages of content. But only a few hundred have amounted to anything. The process of choosing words to shape selected stories from my head is, in itself, very telling. And never before has that been more clear than with my latest project, The Octopus Club. As I laid down these particular 50,000…
The Yearling
In six weeks, I will have been sober for 365 days. These ten-and-a-half months easily count among the most difficult times of my life. Being in recovery is a reckoning. Note the use of the present-continuous form of that verb. I haven’t quit drinking. I am always quitting. I am not all better. I am getting better. I’m not reborn….
Past Tense is Prologue
What is my manuscript about? I’ve been getting that question a lot, and I’ve finally decided on an answer in the form of a forward for the book. So here goes: Almost any intersection of latitude and longitude is the center of the universe for someone. My favorite spot happens to be wherever, and whenever, I…
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