I want to talk a little bit about rejection, perseverance, and the impossible weight of discipline. But first, I’m going to talk about sports. I’m terrible at team sports. I don’t know what it is about my particular mental twist, but that thing that happens when you’re trying to do something, and everyone else gathers […]
I like dogs. I’ve had dogs my entire life, always working class dogs, always big dogs. My first dog, a Bernese Mountain blend, ran with a pack of semi-feral mutts in the mountains of North Carolina for most of my youth, but he was fiercely protective of me, so I never shared the common fear […]
Welcome, welcome, all of you, welcome. This is the new home for all the news about my books, my writing, my adventures in melancholia, and sometimes it’s the place where you’ll find valuable information unrelated to these things. Things you should know today: 1) I’ve finished the next-to-last draft of The Pagan Night. It’s off […]