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Last month, while driving from my house to my sweetheart's one afternoon, I listened to Paul McCartney being interviewed by Robert Siegel on NPR. Part of what he said really resonated. When asked why he hadn't packed it in and rested on his laurels (pretty much the actual question, by the way), McCartney's answer was (more or less) that he hears ( Read more... )

What's a Blog Hop? Well, in this case, it's a way for you to discover authors in all phases of their careers and find out some very cool information about them. I was tagged by author Nancy Viau, so that means I have to answer the following questions and tag back to Nancy so you can hop over to her post and read her answers. (Read Nancy's post ( Read more... )

It is rainy here in South Jersey. Rainy, I tell you. RAINY.

And I am tired and achy and in need of a nap.

BUT FIRST! Here's a link to a somewhat sunnier blog run by Debbi Michiko Florence, who was sweet enough to interview me about my work and my writing process.



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Earlier this week, I participated in my first interview. Sure, I've interviewed plenty of authors over the past few years, but this was my first time on the answering side of the stick. Luckily, I was in very good hands - those of my friend, Linda Urban.

Her post is entitled "When a Poem is Done", and you can read the whole thing at her blog. ( Read more... )

It won't be "live" here on the East Coast for a few more hours, but dudes . . . check out the interview I did at Guys Lit Wire with Ron Koertge for his new book, Now Playing: Stoner and Spaz II, which is (a) a fabulous book and (b) (if I do say so myself) a pretty fabulous interview.


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1. Finish shopping for S, who leaves for college in Charleston, SC, next weekend ( Read more... )

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