The Weather

by | Aug 14, 2013 | Uncategorized

This August has been the coolest I’ve experienced since moving to Pittsburgh nearly 4 years ago. With highs in the 70’s, sometimes low 80’s, and lows dropping down into the 50’s, sometimes even the 40’s, it feels like summer is over and...

Getting INTO the Corner

by | Aug 12, 2013 | Uncategorized

So here’s the thing about The Fall: I wrote it knowing where I was going with the story, but I couldn’t get from about a third of the way through it to the middle. I skipped that bit and kept going, and the second half of the book wrote itself. Now I have...

Writerly

by | Aug 11, 2013 | Uncategorized

Yes, it’s been a while. Partly, I haven’t known what to say that could possibly follow winning a Prism award. Partly, beyond trying (sometimes unsuccessfully) to post short daily updates on my Facebook author page, I’ve had little to say. Truly, I lead a very...