How I miss you. It’s terrible, really. I’ll give you the quick update from this corner of the globe (I’m fully aware that a globe has no corners, it’s not ignorance as much as it is a willingness to thumb my nose at convention). (Un)fortunately, things have been a smidge quiet on this front. My blood pressure is stabilizing, my [...]

So, I’m in Atlantic City, 30 stories up in the haze of a late summer afternoon, overlooking fishermen and young lovers, speeding boats and the crumbling remains of an old city hurrying to be forgotten, and, predictably enough, I’ve got Bruce Springsteen on the ol’ iPod. And maybe I’m feeling a touch nostalgic for my youth and the country’s youth. [...]

I spent the weekend in the company of kith and kin in some real circle of life type stuff. And along the way got caught up in hijinx and frustrating bouts of old age mixed with the residual effects of taking a line drive off the side of my head on Wednesday night. Since I wasn’t able to attend the [...]

(1) Hanging out with the Bleak House Books authors, agent friends, and assorted cool people at this year’s Book Expo America. (2) The Chicago Cubs are currently on an eight game winning streak. (3) For whatever reason I’m addicted to The Promise Ring right now. Catchy pop punk is always going to be a direct line to my heart. (4) [...]