Looking Ahead to the Next Project

My next writing project — working title: ‘Four Windows’ — is one book containing four novellas, set in New York City, a cross-country trip, rural South Carolina, and Venice.

What I’m working on in 2026

Places seem to mean something to me — places that have been important in my life, places that have shaped me in some way, places that in my mind have taken on their own identities.

Second Book Out!

I began this book during a long flight from New York to South Africa in 2016. It went through a great many permutations, as I struggled to find the right structure and format for the ideas I was trying to present.

What I’m Working On Now [2024]

I like to have several projects going on together. When one begins stalling out, I can shift to another, instead of spinning my wheels in a rut.

Getting Serious About Writing When Your Hair Has Gone Gray

I don’t buy the notion that ”everyone has a book in them.” I’m pretty confident I’ve met my fair share of people who don’t. However, many people do.

Writing About Golf

Lots of people find golf boring. Boring to watch, boring to play (or try to play), boring to read about. Golf is like a bug bite, though — if you’ve been bitten, you’ve got it, and it won’t go away. And if you are one of these people, like I am — well, then golf becomes uniquely interesting.

Ten (or More) Books You Might Consider Reading – and Why

Adding to the clutter of unnecessary but unavoidable information, here is my “list” of things I would suggest to any other avid reader, and why, in no particular order

What Writers Have Influenced Me?

I enjoy thinking about the writers who have influenced me, because it takes me back to the excitement and pleasure I experienced when first encountering them