Dear Reader, Memory is a strange phenomenon. Just when we think we’ve pinned it down, it throws us a curve. My memories have been all over the place recently as I write about a particularly vulnerable section of my life. I’m sure I’ve told you that my narrator shares certain Read more…
Dear Reader, And now, on to Volume III! AND LOVE ENDURES is an even more intimate story than the previous two. In order to plan it and write our narrator’s adventures, I’ve had to dig down into everything I know and remember about love and relationships. Some of it is Read more…
Dear Reader, I hope you’ll tell me when you find typos. They have the inevitability of Greek tragedy. But as far as I know, the text is right, and the covers—ebook, paperback, and hardcover—are stunning. Thank you, Tim Barber (dissectdesigns.com). LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC is live! The process of getting Read more…
Dear Reader, With only a week to go before Volume II is published, I decided to offer any of you who have not yet read Volume I the chance to receive a free download. This will be for a limited time only, just from now through May 15. So if Read more…
Dear Reader, Just when I thought I was ready to release the text of LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC to the printers, I heard from an old friend I had sent the manuscript to. Kathie deNobriga was a classmate at Wake Forest University, and fellow student actor. Kathie is the one Read more…
Dear Reader, Audacity Books has a new home, and I hope you’ll approve of it. Everything else pretty much ground to a halt this last week while the new website captured all my attention. Now that it’s done, I’m sure there will be some kinks to iron out. And I Read more…
Dear Reader, For the first time in as long as I can remember, I’m looking back on the old year with fondness. Sure, there was more than the usual lunacy coming out of Washington. And a lot of disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against trusted news-givers. And enough violence Read more…
Dear Reader, The holiday season has taken me over entirely today. Everything else is pretty much on hold as I make marmalade for holiday gifts. The citrus fruits were all shaved yesterday afternoon, while I listened to the podcast at thecreativepenn.com. Do check it out, if you have not already. A Read more…
Dear Reader, It’s election day. Not in New York—we’ve already been there twice this fall—but in Alabama. Alabamians have a choice between two candidates to fill a vacant senate seat. They can choose between a reasonable adult White man and a racist, pedophilic, homophobic good-old-boy clown. Except I’m not laughing, Read more…
Dear Reader, I confess I don’t listen to much radio these days. The World Wide Web pulls me in other directions, mostly. But just this morning I tuned in to WBAI. I wondered what sort of programming they are airing these days (and whether promoting You’re Sure to Fall in Love might Read more…