A river of material runs through us. When we share our work and ideas, we are replenished. …
A river of material runs through us. When we share our work and ideas, we are replenished. …
Writing practice I spent several hours yesterday morning actually writing. Sitting on my chair at my laptop grinding away on some plot points on my follow up to The Trier. For the record the working title is The Trier goes to London. It is set in 1675, or thereabouts, because that was the year …
Your relationship with a piece has many layers. As you move through the layers, you see clearer and it sinks into your system. And then you liberate yourself in a healthy way from the technical necessities of the piece. That is when you make music.” Anne-Sophie Mutter, a world-renowned German violinist Layers I …
That Wonderful State The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in That wonderful state that makes art inevitable. …
BuYou can go home again Trying to go home I think I was being selfish. But it worked out. I discovered that you can go home again, provided you are paying attention. I had been trying for months to get a book signing and selling event in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio. It was …
Rick Rubin for writers If you don’t know who Rick Rubin is, don’t feel too bad. If you click on his name, you’ll find the link to his bio on Encyclopedia Brittanica. So, there you go. I bought his book. Not the one in the photo above. That is from the library, hence all …
Author Directed I have been committed to self-publishing, author directed publishing, or whatever you may call it for a while now. I can pinpoint it to the day I took a Basics of Self-Publishing class at the IWC, taught by YA author Robert Kent. November 4th, 2018. In that time, I have posted …
The chain is broken Melted in the flame of my knowledge. Turning his face from the fruit, He needs nothing; Work In a week I am going to set up my book table at the Cincinnati Coffee Festival. Last year I was there as a humble coffee lover with one novel to …
Many an independent coffee house features a Kaldi’s Blend. If you asked ten different baristas what was in the Kaldi’s Blend you would most likely get ten different responses. It may be a blend of any two varietals. There may be a third in for fun. Is it any wonder? I roasted a few …
The value of writing Tripio My coffee is weak this morning. I have already had my double espresso and as the clock passes 6 a.m. I am clear headed and ready for a long day. Later this afternoon I will be headed to my “Building your own Blog” class at the Indiana Writers Center. …
Coffee Novelist 
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