Loss & Desire, and the Search for Something More, in Life & Literature

January 31, 2018

These are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about. No doubt because they …

Walking Each Other Home – Why We Write

January 22, 2018

I’ve reread my novel after being away from it for well over a year. I did so with some trepidation. …

September 7, 2017

I came across this interview with Marilynne Robinson, who is one of America’s finest living writers, in an old edition …

March 16, 2017

Someone asked me recently what I loved more, my painting or my writing? Or, she added, is that like trying …

December 27, 2013

I just finished writing an 85,000 word novel that I’ve been working on the past couple of years. It feels …