The Constant Story

I recently read a piece at  Literary Hub about the influence Van Morrison's album Astral Weeks has had on writers. It's a tremendo...

I'm writing a new series of essays called Walks With Sam , and this post is how you can be involved either directly or indirectly as a...

Some thoughts from a long-time storyteller, me. It seems every writer with a computer is blogging advice about this or that, and most o...

I was listening the other day to one of my favorite radio shows, Sound Opinions , with Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis. In this episode, they we...

I took a long walk the other day. Before the snow melted, before it was washed away by warmer weather and rain. My dog, Sam, and I set out ...

I'm a teacher, a journalist, a broadcaster, and an author. I am not just one of these things, I am all of them. I'm also a guitari...

Every single time. Students, workshop attendees, friends who want to write all say the same thing: "I have this material, and I thi...