Better You Go Home: A Tense Novel by Scott Driscoll
In January I met Scott Driscoll, a Seattle author and creative writing teacher. I welcomed the opportunity to talk with him because of our common interest in the Soviet bloc countries. Scott has written a novel set mainly in the Czech Republic, titled Better You Go...Here Are Some Valid Reasons Not to Write
When people find out that I do creative writing, fairly often they will say to me, “I’ve been thinking of doing that, but ___________.” Or, “I have an idea for a book, but __________.” And they tell me some reason why they haven’t...Drowning in Music, Tasting It, Touching It: Imagery For the Indescribable
Last week at a book reading I met author Shannon Huffman Polson http://aborderlife.com/ and heard her read from her memoir North of Hope. It is a story of her grief pilgrimage, travelling to a spot in the Arctic wilderness where her father and her stepmother were...The Next Big Thing: An Interview About a New Novel
The historical fiction writer Mary Biddinger created an on-line interview called The Next Big Thing. I was tagged for this by Claire Gebben, whose historical novel about a German blacksmith will come out early next year. (It sounds very interesting!) Meanwhile, here...
Welcome!
I am a writer who loves good music and good stories. It’s been my privilege to combine these loves by writing fiction that honors the creation of beauty, even in the bleakest of circumstances, through the creation of music. Writing has also led me to a deep interest in the recent history of central and eastern Europe.
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