On March 17, I was the featured speaker at the annual Young Authors contest award ceremony, held by the Eastern Shore Literacy Association. The awards recognize the best poets and short-story writers in grades 1-12. I helped hand out the awards, and then afterwards, I signed books for any who Continue reading my speech to the ESLA young authors
A little-known feature about my novels is that though each is a standalone story, and not part of a series,* they’re all connected. Certain characters, items, locations, and scenes from each book appear (though sometimes quite differently) in others, crossing over in particular ways. *Though I’ve sometimes described Stray Cats Continue reading everything’s connected
The Scorpion & The Wolf, my upcoming YA fantasy novel (coming April 4, 2025) is an homage to the classic swords-and-sorcery books–especially those tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser–that I used to read as a teenager. “The Scorpion” is a small, intelligent lad from a desert pharaohdom, looking to leave Continue reading the art of “the scorpion & the wolf”
Follow this link to a podcast I was the guest on, where I discussed creating the characters from Lost Dogs and Stray Cats. The Writing & Editing podcast is hosted by writer/editor Jennia D’Lima, and it runs about 20 minutes. You can listen on Apple, Spotify, and a number of Continue reading creating the characters from “lost dogs” and “stray cats”
I’ve been busy. To coincide with the one-year anniversary of publishing Stray Cats, I’ve just released the Lost Dogs & Stray Cats box set for Kindle. Lost Dogs was my second published novel, telling the story of a German Shepherd named Buddy and his struggle to survive after the end Continue reading 2 new releases!
This past Saturday—June 3—my novel Stray Cats turned one year old. The idea behind this long-awaited follow-up to Lost Dogs is that cats really do have nine lives, but instead of living them one after they other (as we tend to think), they live them all at once, on different Continue reading “stray cats” turns one—what’s next?
