All Posts

Hello friends,    Every writer approaches the craft differently. What does a good “first draft” look like and how different is that from...

Hello Friends,  While I know it is only mid-May, not early July, I've been thinking a lot about the phrase “the point of no return.” I am...

Hello friends, Someone asked me not that long ago if I thought The Austen Chronicles were essentially fan fiction. My answer was that I...

Hello friends, George Eliot is reportedly the first person to use the phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” in her 1860 book The Mill...

Hello friends, I hope this February finds you well. I just had the pleasure of spending several days with Manga writer and artist, Misako...

Hello friends, I hope this new year has been treating you well.   I’m not by nature a fan of national holidays. I find them to be...

Hello friends, It’s the most wonderful time of the year. I am not a huge fan of holidays in general, but I totally get it. I do believe...

Hello Friends,  There is an often-misquoted line about those who don’t study history being doomed to repeat it. It is attributed to...

Hello Friends,  I originally was going to write about horror books this month. Halloween and all of that, but then, as unluck would have...

Hello friends, Do me a favor and think about all the important things in your wallet. Do you remember getting your driver’s license?  A...

Hello friends, As I started the third book in The Austen Chronicles recently, and while I’ve been out promoting Welcome to Mansfield...

Hello Friends, I don’t know about you, but I LOVE MUSIC. I honestly can’t remember a day in my life when I didn’t listen to music. I...

Hello friends, I had a cousin called George who, when I was a kid, worked for WGN in Chicago. He was some kind of associate producer for...

Hello friends, this letter comes to you a mere 16 days before the release of the first book of my upcoming series, The Austen Chronicles,...

Hello friends, I hope this finds you well and that you are in the swing of spring and ready to celebrate Earth Day. In fact, this essay...

Hello friends, thank you once again for subscribing to my newsletter. This comes to you on the cusp of spring. I know that for many of...

Hello Friends. It is February and you know what that means? Of course, it means the brutally cold weather accompanied by the ritualistic...

Hello Friends, and Happy New Year to you. As I spent time recently getting my Audio Bible (more on that in the Notes From My Keyboard...

Hello friends. Thanks again for subscribing to my newsletter.  This comes to you on my favorite day in December. The one we wait all year...