43 years sounds like a long time ago but for me, it feels like maybe 15 or 20. Of course, if someone says “That was 20 years ago” I always think they’re talking about 1989. Time sure does fly, as the saying goes. But it has been that long since the Blizzard of ’78 –…
When I was building the website for The Mice Storm, I did a quick Google Image search. I was hoping to find a wintry farmhouse photo that looked very similar to the one in the final act of the book. And I found it. The photo was on the DeviantArt site and was taken by…
There’s a quote attributed to Saint Augustine of Hippo that states: “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” The lesson behind that quote is that if you don’t ever go anywhere then your view of the world is limited. I truly understand that lesson – it is…
The expectations you create for yourself when you set out to write the sequel to your debut novel are overwhelming. All my life, I’ve heard about a phenomenon known as the sophomore slump. Supposedly, after you make something original – your freshman debut – there’s a big letdown when you try to recreate the magic…
