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REIMAGINING THE MOMENT

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3/04/2015 – REIMAGINING THE MOMENT

I’ve just finished reading two novels that re-envision a few days out of history, one about a famous battle, the other an obscure murder. Both novels include meticulously researched historical details, stretched here and there to fit the arc of a story and perhaps highlight a deeper truth, but still leaving readers with a fresh sense of worlds long vanished.  More than that, though, both Frog Musicnovels reminded me of the infinite richness in the smallness, shortest of moments, something all writers should remember.Killer Angels Cover

THE SHAME OF BOOK HAWKING

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11-04-14 – THE SHAME OF BOOK HAWKING

Running a booth at the Baltimore Book Festival last month taught me a hard truth:  not only do I not write the kind of novels you can sell on the street, but I don’t have it in me to pretend that I do.

OUTING MYSELF AS A NOVELIST

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Permanent Makeup Front Cover2/4/14 – OUTING MYSELF AS A NOVELIST

My novel Permanent Makeup came out last month, as many of my friends and colleagues quickly discovered on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Their discovery, as much as I hate to admit it, may be even more novel than the novel.