To me, writing is like playing. Even when it’s rigorous and tough, the practice allows my mind to run wild, experiment, learn, and get lost in joy. Turns out, the same thing happens every week when I go to a drop-in Saturday improv class at led by Clifford Mae Henderson and Dixie Cox of The Fun Institute in Santa Cruz. Typically about thirty people show up at the tiny theater, and for the next few hours, Clifford and Dixie — who’ve been teaching improv since 1993 — have us p

So I have to tell you about this very fun gig I’ve got set up for Sept. 9: a "Read and Run Chicago." Yes, it is ALMOST like it sounds. I’m going to join a bunch of runners in the Windy City, my hometown. Rather than read while we’re running, however, we’ll instead run first past downtown locations featured in SCATTERED LIGHT (Art Institute, Board of Trade, etc.). We’ll end up at a venue (TBD) where I’ll get to know them, they’ll get to know me and we’ll talk about books. The

Do you know any Dungeons & Dragons fans? If so, share this post, because the creators of this new D&D module deserve a shoutout for their unique twist on a traditionally very male game. Specifically, my friend and fellow writer, Cathy Thrush, and her husband, Tom, have just published their FOURTH ROMANTIC MODULE FOR COUPLES! Yes, the Thrushes , who own Urban Realms , have created a series called Date Night Dungeons and this module is titled Heroes of the Henge . The descrip

Seriously, folks! Over the years, the prose written by the winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest has never failed to crack me up....

Watch now! A fellow author and friend of mine, John McCaffrey , had a great idea for a YouTube podcast: ask people, “Who’s the most...

BLISS ROAD, June 6, preorder now I’m still in Morocco. Sad to say, our itinerary won’t allow for any surfing. But the waves are supposed...

So yes, camel riding is on our itinerary while we’re here in Morocco. How could it not be? Yet I’ve ridden — and tried to be rubbed off...