Little Bit
One of the questions I get from readers regularly is about whether my novels are autobiographical. I'm guessing this happens to me so...
The Pop-Up Home
My novel The Journey Home is both a love story and a rumination on the nature and meaning of home, a subject that means a great deal to...
To Make it Real, Make it Fantasy
The first writer whose work truly resonated with me was Ray Bradbury. I’ll never forget picking up a copy of his story collection, I Sing...
A working vacation
I’m not a person who has trouble distinguishing work time from family time. I work very, very hard, but when I’m with my loved ones, I...
At the Keyboard and On the Couch
When I was going through the revision process on my first novel with my editor, we had a telling conversation. She was concerned that I...
Imprinted by Love
I’m a guy and I write love stories. As it turns out, not all that many other guys do this. Some romance writers with female names are...
The 100 Greatest Songs of the Rock Era: #85: Fall on Me
Lyrics R.E.M. from Life’s Rich Pageant (1986) “You’ve had a disproportionate number of message songs on this list so far. Is that a...
The 100 Greatest Songs of the Rock Era: #86: I'll Be There
Lyrics The Jackson 5 from Third Album (1970) “You know what’s interesting?” Peggy said. “This is the second artist on your list already...
The 100 Greatest Songs of the Rock Era: #87: Homeward Bound
Lyrics Simon & Garfunkel from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) “Do you know which word shows up most amongst the titles of the...
The 100 Greatest Songs of the Rock Era: #88: Superstition
Lyrics Stevie Wonder from Talking Book (1972) “Do you think there’s any rock superstar with more range than Stevie Wonder?” Peggy said....
