Rudolph The Christmas Commando
Rudolph was late. He drops in every year on his way back to the North Pole from his annual vacation, but it was already Christmas Eve, and he was still…
Submit to Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove
By submit, of course, I mean send us your stories, your poems, your art and photography, yearning to be published. Submissions for the fourth issue of Litbop are open through…
Printers Row Lit Fest 2024!
I'll be hawking my wares at Printers Row Litfest again this year. Drop by the Chicago Writers Association table on Saturday, September 7th from 12:30 to 3:00. You don't have…
Taking Flight!
The Blackbird Writers (of which I am a member) have just published a short story anthology. Ten tantalizing tales to, um, tantalize, er, dammit...you get the idea.Go to here now!…
New Author Pic
Lots of lit stuff happening this summer, so it's time for a new author photo.
Don’t Ask
Here it is in the Chicago Writers Association's online magazine, Write City. https://www.chicagowrites.org/write_city/1073
Litbop #3 Baby!
We had a standing-room-only turnout at the launch party for the third issue of Litbop. Sold some copies and sold books by Libby Hellmann, Tracey Phillips, Kathleen Rooney, and yours…
My Audiobook Experiment
Both my in-print novels, "A Trace of Gold" and "The Blue Silence," are now available as audiobooks. I'm participating in Apple's AI audiobook experiment. Yeah, I know. Believe me; if…
The Gentle Grift
Twelve years ago the Chicago Reader (backwards R) printed one of my stories in their fiction issue. It's one of the stories I started developing during a class with Tara…
Rudolph and Me 2023
I was stretched out on the couch, watching my favorite Christmas movie (Come out to the coast. We’ll get together, have a few laughs.) and feeling sorry for myself, when…