I’ve just received the kind of review every writer dreams of. Not only does the reviewer love Talion but he appreciates what I’m doing in the novel. He notices style. And has style! Lu Jakes doesn’t have a chance. She never had one. She’s a teenager trapped in a Utah trailer with a drunk for […]
Here is a brief excerpt of my interview with Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com: “I’m not quite sure why the macabre draws me. It’s probably a combination of temperament, personal history and literary preferences. I see darkness in the world, in people, most of all in myself. But there’s light as well. I hope readers will […]
Mighty Bear Woman (a.k.a. Daiva Markelis) poses incisive questions on my writing and career. Check it out. And while you’re there, enjoy the thrilling and unpredictable Adventures of Mighty Bear Woman!
Talion began as a novella about a friendship between teenage girls from very different backgrounds. The story dragged, weighed down by exposition of the characters’ pasts and a present where the conflict arose from their general distrust of one another. Nothing was happening! I came to realize the plot needed a catalyst, a threat that […]
One-minute video trailer of my novel TALION, on sale as a paperback or Kindle book at Amazon.com
Some readers have asked me what Talion is supposed to be: a symptom of Lu’s psychosis? a supernatural being? an angel? Talion and his cohorts are none of these things entirely. Lu’s senses tell her they exist, but others do not see or hear them. A psychitrist would not doubt label her psychotic. They are […]
This is the journal of my creative life. Much of it centers on my fiction, but my views of literature and the world will inevitably come into view. DWYQP8B3SFH8
