Stream, Conscious
More than a year ago, I picked up Ulysses for the third time in my life and attempted to enter the Irish slipstream that James Joyce’s work pulls the reader into. I made it two chapters in. Barely. Stream of consciousness writing takes a … [Read more]
Countdown to History
I live in area code 321. Apocryphally, it was assigned to this slice of America because of what goes on in my backyard. This week, 64 years ago, had I been sitting at this desk, staring out my window, I would have seen history happen. The first … [Read more]
2021: A Year in Words
Words defined 2021 for me, moreso than any other year in my writing career. With revision after revision on a novel-in-progress (my 7th iteration since I started writing on November 1, 2020) I've probably written, revised, and read over more than a … [Read more]