Available Here As a writer, I’ve learned that it’s only the first draft that’s any fun. After that it’s self doubt, tedium and a certain level of suspicion that torture is waiting for you at ever turn. That being said, if you are a writer, or if you know aContinue Reading
Available Here The Rubicon is a short river in Northern Italy. Caesar made this a part of our speech today when his army crossed this river in 49 B.C. His action created civil war. But we know it today as to pass the Rubicon, this means we reach a pointContinue Reading
Available Here This is a novel about returned war veterans. True enough. But my intent when I started Undertakers was to write a book about jewel thieves. Jewel thieves. This was because of a dream I had. In the dream I was hiding under a staircase with someone, a woman,Continue Reading
Available Here The armistice with Germany went into effect in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. 11/11 or November 11th is Veterans Day here in the United States. This day is known in other countries as remembrance day, or armistice day. At any rate,Continue Reading
Falling Soldier: Magnum Photographer Robert Capa, born Friedmann Endre on October 22, 1913 died on May 25, 1954 from a land mine in Vietnam. In his 40 years, he participated in five wars: The Spanish Civil War, the Second Sin-Japanese War, World War II, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and hisContinue Reading
It was one of those warm autumn days back in October 2009. The crisp air was far more crisp in the shade of trees that dropped still leaves in a slight breeze. Somehow in the sun, there was a remembrance of summer who had not been forgotten and a dreadContinue Reading
In a way, I’ve grown old before my time. When this statement comes up in my mind or out through my lips or keystrokes, I then need to remind myself that I am, in fact, still a young man. Before I go any further, let me preface this piece withContinue Reading
Some time back in the recesses of my personal history, I worked schlepping coffee at a fashionable coffeehouse in the uptown neighborhood just east of downtown Denver. The time, seeming long ago to me now, represented a rather odd time in my personal history. We all have these. We allContinue Reading
I’ve had about a week to think about my story-swapping-you-should-write-this conversation with Chris and Roxxi and Mark. I’ve come to a few conclusions. I’m not altogether sure when or how I adopted the supportive attitude toward other writers, would-be writers or some day in the distance want to become writers.Continue Reading
I feel like every couple of years I get involved with a conversation like the one I’m about to tell you. This conversation is usually with someone I don’t know very well, and this conversation is generally with someone I already like. This conversation happens after we’ve swapped outlandish stories.Continue Reading