LitHub Essay: All in the Timing
For Literary Hub, I wrote an essay called All in the Timing: On Publishing a Novel Nine Years After Giving Up on It. It’s the publishing story of my novel, Right Back Where We Started From, which I finished way…
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Article: Mary Astor’s Purple Diary, Old Hollywood’s Most Infamous Sex Scandal
For Mental Floss, I wrote about a juicy 1930s Hollywood scandal involving Mary Astor’s Purple Diaries. It’s one of the first Hollywood sex scandals–plus it inspired part of my novel, Right Back Where We Started From, which starts in 1930s…
Article: Flight of the Condors
Late last year, I went on a quest to see the critically endangered California Condor in the wild. I wrote about the experience for Alta. I’ve always wanted to see a California condor in the wild. It’s on a list…
Essay: Elegy For A Tree
My neighbors cut down their tree and banished all the birds from our yard. I wrote an essay about it for Entropy. The morning after the neighbors cut down the tree, my yard was quiet. The crows that for the…
North Bay Business Journal Interview!
So happy to have Right Back Where We Started From included in a spring literature round-up in The North Bay Business Journal! Check out Turn the Page with New Books by Local Writers.
Alta Essay: Searching for Mary Austin
For Alta Magazine, I wrote the essay Searching for Mary Austin: Life for the author of The Land of Little Rain was as hard as the inhospitable region she wrote about. Excerpt: Right before the coronavirus quarantine, I went to…
Alta Live With Carol Edgarian
Recently I spoke with Carol Edgarian about her novel Vera for Alta Live. You can watch here: And if you like that, I also spoke with Carol again on What’s The Story? (Scroll down to find her name.)
Watch My Keynote!
Here is my keynote for the Southern California Writers’ Conference! I tell the publishing story of my novel, Right Back Where We Started From, and lessons I learned along the way.
Keynote Speech At Southern California Writers’ Conference
This Sunday, Valentine’s Day, I’m giving a keynote speech at the Southern California Writers’ Conference. It’ll be streaming on Zoom, for free. Tune in and listen at 4:30 PM (PST) on February 14th. I’ll be telling the crazy story of…
RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM COVER REVEAL
The book cover of RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM is here! Coming May 4, 2021! PREORDER: INDIEBOUND * AMAZON * BARNES AND NOBLE * BOOKS-A-MILLION * HUDSON * TARGET * WALMART AUDIBLE PRAISE: In Right Back Where We Started…