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“The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in — as if he’d been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream. They … Continue reading →

I was asked to write an essay about revision. It will come out some time next month. I have a few new stories that will also be published next month. I finished a draft of my novel, Believers, which clocked … Continue reading →

An excerpt from the novel-in-progress… It’s a weekday, a Tuesday, but the Costco parking lot is packed. Karen manages to find an orphaned cart and, once inside, starts navigating the aisles and the shoppers and the darting kids. Costco always … Continue reading →

(A recent conversation with my seven-year-old son Ethan. I was working on my novel and he was checking out the Microsoft Word document I had open on my computer.)   Ethan: Are you writing a story? Me: Yes. It’s a … Continue reading →

“Dr. Boyer wears flip-flops and a short-sleeved button down shirt, vaguely Hawaiian. He looks more surfer than doctor. Probably not much older than her sister. She’s always surprised by people her own age or younger who have made it in … Continue reading →