In my current WIP, California Incline, the story suggests that the Rodney King riots would never really end in the sense...
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The In Crowd
February 1, 2016
When I'm in a courtroom for jury duty, I feel comfortable. Which is strange because when I was practicing law...
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I’ve Become One of Those People
January 17, 2016
Sadly, I have become one of those people who have to have their seat at the local coffeehouse. It's embarrassing....
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A Joyless Existence
March 20, 2015
Lately, I have been reading background material – books, blogs, news articles – on the Korean American experience. I am...
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Sometimes a Great Notion
December 15, 2014
I just finished reading this book. It took me 200 pages to realize Kesey wasn't just fucking with me. Well,...
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The Convenient Corpse
November 24, 2014
I recently read two books that seemingly have little to do with each other: Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow and...
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The Promise of the Book
November 6, 2014
The more I read first passages in books, the more I see this first part as “The Promise of the...
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Will Kill for Food is a Winner
October 2, 2014
Black Hill Press just announced the winners of the Summer Writing Project, and Will Kill for Food is one of...
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Will Kill for Food is a Finalist
September 22, 2014
My novella, Will Kill For Food, is one of six finalists in Black Hill Press's Summer Writing Project. This means it's one step closer to being published. There were twelve semi-finalists. Now there are six. BHP editors will select three among these to be published later this year.
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I guess we'll see what happens. Soon, I hope.
5 Reasons to Publish with JukePop
August 13, 2014
I'm not a huge fan of "X Reasons" blog posts, but it seems appropriate in this case. I stumbled on...
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Free Gratis: Al Swarengen and John Gardner
July 31, 2014
Recently, I came across some awkward language I had written. It wasn't Latin, per se, but it was stilted. It...
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Thoughts on “Will Kill for Food”
July 11, 2014
Why I Wrote the Story For some time, I have been planning to write a novel about the aftermath of...
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“Will Kill For Food” is now a serial
June 12, 2014
This morning my novella, Will Kill for Food, was accepted by JukePop for online publishing. The short story (no pun there)...
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Rick Wakeman on how to write a synopsis
June 3, 2014
A few months ago, I completed what I think is a version of my novel March Bicycle Madness worth circulating....
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Adventure!
April 28, 2014
My son and I have been reading classic boys adventure novels. You know, Treasure Island, King Solomon's Mines, Journey to...
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“Please Be Advised” to be published soon
September 13, 2013
I received an invitation from Paula Johnson of Rose City Sisters to include "Please Be Advised" in their upcoming flash fiction...
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Cattle on the 101
July 14, 2012
So far, I've come across two sources that mentioned using the new state highways (circa 1910-20) as covenient roads for...
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Two Views of Mustard
July 13, 2012
Apparently, wild mustard made an impression in late-1800s Southern California . . . The wild mustard in Southern California is like...
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Cattle on the Conejo
July 12, 2012
One of the books I picked up on the bookstore tour was Cattle on the Conejo, by J.H. Russell. It...
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Used Bookstore Tour
July 10, 2012
A couple of weeks ago I drove to Southern California. The rest of the family was already there, at a...
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