all about “stray cats”

It was the story I didn’t intend to write, but I’m glad I did. Stray Cats, my latest novel, comes out this week. A follow-up to my 2014 post-apocalypse novel Lost Dogs, its premise is that cats really do have nine lives, but instead of living them one after the Continue reading all about “stray cats”

“lost dogs” on “papa’s world”

Queen Anne’s County TV, the local cable show where I live (in Scenic, Convenient-to-Nowhere, MD) has launched a new show, “Papa’s World,” (a reference to “Papa” Ernest Hemingway).  Every episode will feature an Eastern Shore writer, and I was chosen as the very first interview.  You can watch the whole Continue reading “lost dogs” on “papa’s world”

when the world was young: star wars

The latest in a series about influences from my earlier days In the previous installment of this series, I discussed a number of sci-fi movies from the 1970’s that have influenced and continue to influence my writing.  The greatest film of that era, the one that profoundly altered the course Continue reading when the world was young: star wars

when the world was young: sci-fi movies of the ’70’s

The latest in a series about influences from my earlier days Sci-fi purists might sneer (but then, that’s what they’re best at) when I tell you that a good chunk of my formative years was spent in darkened movie theaters and in front of the TV.  And what was I Continue reading when the world was young: sci-fi movies of the ’70’s