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I’m honored to say that Olive Branches Don’t Grow On Trees is on Suspense Magazine’s prestigious Best of 2012 List!

A few years ago, I saw the scroll from the famous Jack Kerouac book On The Road.  This scroll is 30 feet long unrolled!  Seeing it in person made me imagine Kerouac writing his novel, without looking back even once.  I am currently working on my

Reader response theory is a literary theory that focuses on the reader and his experience of the literary work, in contrast to other schools of thought that focus primarily on the content and form of the work.   I am a big proponent of this

As an unknown writer, I am a prime target for the many harsh critics out there in the world. They mostly take the form of negative, unhelpful reviews on Amazon or Goodreads.  I often disappoint myself by getting caught up in this negativity.  By

In light of the recent, senseless tragedy in Connecticut, I’ve been asking myself the same question many people are asking themselves- What can I do?  I feel powerless. Vacillating between feeling angry at the country’s gun laws and sad