If you’ll kindly look to the right of the layout, you’ll see my blogroll. Among the expected writer, editor and review sites, there’s a section called “My Places.” I thought it would be helpful to explain these a bit.
I Am Not a Foodie is a recipe collection site. As the name says, I’m not a [...]

First, an FYI: I’m redoing the categories and tags for the site, trying to neaten them up. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Now, for the Deep Thoughts:
When I’m writing a first draft, I prefer to write it straight through rather than skip around in the timeline. I look on a first draft as a draft of [...]

This is something I’m not terribly comfortable asking, but I’ve been thinking about it for a couple days and I’ve decided the worst result is that no one does it. So.
If you have read any of my books, please leave reviews or ratings for them, particularly at Torquere Books or Amazon. It doesn’t need to [...]

New reviews for Diamond at Literary Nymphs and Amazon, which also has new reviews for Something Beautiful. Thanks, everyone!
(Also . . . I get a little bit of a thrill when there’s a “customers who bought this also bought . . .” list. That’s so awesome.)

My current project is a screenplay, and it’s not coming very easily. This is due to a lot of factors, I think, the two biggest being subject matter and form.
Subject matter: it’s a biopic, about a solider named Bill Aalto, who grew up in the Bronx, fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and knew [...]

July: movie rough draft: seven pages. It’s been seven pages since last week. But at least that’s seven more than I had in June.
August: the Four of Cups finished and sent! Which means August will be more movie and working on the Leo-Stuart story.
September: More of the same. Polish the movie to a fine sheen.
October: [...]

The general attitude in society that characteristics traditionally defined as “female” are so looked-down-upon. Things like nurturing, compassion, gentleness. God forbid a man ever be gentle–he must be a sissy if he is! Even many vocal feminists deride traditional female attributes, and as a feminist, I find this very disappointing. I’ve always had the opinion [...]