My longest sentence
For some reason I’m struggling to get some work done on my new novel and Hope Hicks resigned yesterday and Jared Kushner’s security clearance was downgraded, gosh darn… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Discipline
Writing Process Blog Tour
After conspiring with author Gay Degani, the talented and generous Susan Tepper invited me to join April Bradley’s literary blog tour about the writing process. Here is my… Read more »
Facebook vs The Novel
I don’t suppose it’s news to anyone currently residing on Earth that there are people, hordes of the loony little buggers, who spend hours every week on Facebook…. Read more »
The Importance of a Rigorous Routine to the Self-employed (or Saving Authors’ Lives One Nap at a Time)
People who don’t actually exist often ask me, “How in heaven’s name can you get anything done working at home? Doesn’t that require enormous discipline?” My stock response… Read more »
Ways of Leaving
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Chase Stoller is a beautifully mangled all-American mess. Jarrett’s ability to paint a picture of the tedium of small town America, and then to drop a character into this (Hannah) that’s right out of a Wyeth painting, well that sealed the deal for me. With pitch perfect dialogue and writing that felt like a perfect Indian summer day, "Ways Of Leaving" was that rare book that when I read the last word on the last page…I went back to page 1 and read it all over again.