On April 11, 2026 WDCA Fox5 will air an interview I did for the program “This Writer’s Life,” hosted by my friend Alex Kuehn. Alex is the author of the children’s book, Libby The Lunchbuddy, and she was kind enough to invite me onto the show. The interview is about Continue reading “this writer’s life” tv interview
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
This is my public notice that I do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to create my books, and I never will. Writing. I wrote every word in every book that I have ever published, and that will not change going forward. I will never use AI to create or draft Continue reading no ai in my books. not now. not ever.
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
On September 23, 2014, I published my second novel, Lost Dogs. It has become my most popular book by far, selling thousands of copies, having over a million Kindle pages read, and earning hundreds of ratings. Not bad for a quirky and challenging post-apocalypse book by a no-name, indie author Continue reading “lost dogs” at 10
This blog post is for authors and writers who want to know more about selling books in person, specifically at a really big event. Everyone else, take the rest of the day off, and if your boss asks why you’re leaving work early, tell him or her that I said Continue reading for authors: awesome con 2024 after-action report
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”
For an author, nothing is quite as bad as a book signing gone bad. Earlier this year, I released the second edition of Selling Books In Person: An Author’s Guide To Winning Fans & Making Money, to help fellow writers with their book signings and live sales. Accordingly, I’ve been Continue reading 8 signs you’re having a bad book signing (and what to do about it)
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?
“There is no way on Earth that I would ever live on Kent Island.” That’s what I once said to my mother. But 25 years ago this week, I finished loading the rental truck, told my dog Daisy to hop in, and drove across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to meet Continue reading 25 years and counting on kent island
