“Looking for Bobby,” or Losing & Finding Ourselves
May is short story month, and in celebration I’m posting a short story I wrote years ago and published in …
Category Archives: Fiction
Sexy, Smart, Sweet, & Soulful
Finally! I found what I was looking for when I wrote the post Speaking of Erotica, a “steamy love story …
Speaking of Erotica . . .
. . . have you read anything hot lately? Perhaps it was the convergence of Valentine’s Day and the release …
The Light-Craving Stories of George Saunders
What is it that I love about the wildly weird, dark and dorky stories of George Saunders? Ever since reading …
Books I’ve Abandoned
Sad to say, but I abandon more books than I finish nowadays. I simply lose interest in them. I read a …
20 Favorite and Most Influential Books
What follows are the 20 favorite books that helped shape the way I think and write. It was hard to limit …
More on “The Writing Life” with Annie Dillard
One of the things I love about Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” is how it addresses both the drudgery and …
Writing on Writing – A Writing Process Blog Hop
Writers love to write about writing. It’s not surprising. It’s our passion. So when I was invited to participate in …
Help Me Celebrate a Writing Milestone
I just finished writing an 85,000 word novel that I’ve been working on the past couple of years. It feels …
“Us, Ancient” – A Short Love Story
Us, Ancient by Deborah J. Brasket You know what I love most about swimming? How perky my breasts get. All …
