For the Fun of It

September 1, 2021

I had just given a talk to an MFA class when a young woman stood up and asked: How can I make writing fun again? There was a desperate tone in her voice, and I could tell she was struggling with the possibility that maybe the writing life was not for her. Not because she […]

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On The Hook

February 2, 2021

There is a parable in the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas that struck me, after some deliberation, as appropriate to the writing life. The parable compares the Kingdom of God to a woman who is traveling home from the market carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking, the handle broke and the meal […]

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Illegal

August 4, 2020

Today is the publication date of Illegal, my eight novel. Illegal is the sequel to Disappeared and it follows the story of Sara and Emiliano as they seek to escape the evil that threatened their lives in Mexico by crossing into the United States. I did not plan on writing a sequel, but a few […]

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