Dear Reader, Election day always brings out the best in my optimism (except for last year, of course, and don’t forget 2000 and 2004, which were painful at the time but are beginning to look elegant in hind-sight). It is Read more…
Dear Reader, I’m digging deep, again this week, as I work on the new novel. I’m like a kid in a candy store, again, as I sort through ideas and memories. I used to think I knew how to write, Read more…
Dear Reader, I thought I’d give a publishing update, since I seem to be caught up in business more than in writing this week. You’re Sure to Fall in Love, and The Cookbook are set for release on December 1, through Amazon, of Read more…
Dear Reader, I was talking with a writer friend this week, and, inevitably the subject of Vietnam came up. Inevitably, because we are about the same age, and went through similar journeys around the draft. His situation was more perilous Read more…
Dear Reader, This week has been particularly creative, and I’m delighted to report that the second volume of my Love Trilogy, LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC, is taking shape. Just as when I was writing YOU’RE SURE TO FALL IN LOVE, characters show Read more…
Dear Reader, Audacity Books is beginning to feel like a real press. Two titles now exist in print and ebook. And here is an update on schedules and availability: YOU’RE SURE TO FALL IN LOVE, the novel, is now available Read more…
Dear Reader, I hope I can be forgiven for weighing in on the latest presidential firestorm: the condemnation of NFL players who seize their First Amendment rights and protest. I didn’t want to go there. I didn’t want to dignify Read more…
Dear Reader, It’s probably the ugliness of the current political scene that got me on this topic. That and the fact that I never met Edie Windsor, the fiercely courageous rights advocate who died last week. Perhaps I wanted to Read more…
Dear Reader, I am delighted to announce that YOU’RE SURE TO FALL IN LOVE—THE COOKBOOK is finally completed and in proofs. There will be some typos to correct, and some revisions needed, inevitably. But within the next two weeks—I hope—it will Read more…
Dear Reader, My pilgrimage to Provincetown for the holiday weekend was filled with inspiration and fun. And we also ate very well. A shout-out to The Mews (don’t miss the seared sea scallops), Ross’ Grill (very nice grilled halibut with lobster sauce). And for Read more…