Monthly Archives: October 2010

One day I went to get my hair cut in Los Angeles at a little place I’d found on La Cienega, across from a big newsstand. Either I was early or the barber was running late, but I ended up … Continue reading →

Me and my little friend Tony outside the "Overlook"... I recently visited a friend in Boulder, Colorado, before she moved back to Singapore.  While I was there I rented a car from a very fun local non-profit agency called eGo, … Continue reading →

I spent ten years living in Los Angeles, and somehow never managed to get to Las Vegas or Hawaii, the two biggest vacation destinations for people living in and passing through the City of the Angels.  Not once. It wasn’t … Continue reading →

My mother wrote short stories, children’s books, and a few articles.   I know my grandmother did the same.  There has been a writing gene on my mother’s side of the family fighting to get out for some time. I … Continue reading →

It’s 3:24 AM. I’ve just finished writing a tough chapter for my latest novel, one I’ve been dancing around for weeks, because it’s the start of the heart of the book, a love story that ends in death. Having lost … Continue reading →

The subject of diversity in writing came up in a discussion among friends and the question arose -- who can write what? Continue reading →

I recently had an e-mail exchange with a writer friend whose new soon to be published manuscript I’d just read. It was one of those fun favors, the latest in a book series I knew and enjoyed, by a writer … Continue reading →