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Books Last; Grade School Doesn’t
A few weeks ago, I was invited to talk about Oliver’s Surprise with a group of fourth and fifth graders at a local grade school. As always, I enjoyed the chance to bask in their enthusiasm for the...
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Olympic Freelancing
Now that I’ve returned to freelancing for work, I’m reminded of how similar the required brain space is to an Olympic campaign. That feeling of urgency and “I could work harder” never ends—not until...
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Holiday Book List 2015
It’s been a few years since I put together a holiday book list, partly because I’ve been reading for pure enjoyment rather than as “research” for my own fiction writing. Perhaps that will change again...
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Open Your Window
As a special holiday gift, please enjoy this short work of fantasy. And may all writers who read this find their own magic button in 2016! Once upon a time, there lived a man named Will Wright. He...
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Best of 2015
Everyone else is doing that reflective end-of-year thing this week… so here’s a look back at some of the best stories I’ve written in the past year, at least IMHO. They vary in length, topic, and...
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The Satisfaction of Print
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the value of printed matter vs. e-material. It’s a constant debate in both the fiction and fact writing worlds: is the traditional book doomed? Will the next...
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Best Gear for Watersports
Year round, I enjoy two very different watersports: Snipe sailboat racing (wherever wind and water are fairly warm), and stand up paddling (SUP) on my home waters of Narragansett Bay. Over the years...
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A Bubble of Kindness
For the past few weeks, I’ve been a daily visitor to Women and Infants’ Hospital in Providence, helping to take care of my mom. She’s on the mend again, and I would definitely recommend W&I as a...
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Sailing World Cup Miami Update
Hello from Miami, where I’m dodging the snowstorms at home and writing about my favorite topic: Olympic sailing. For those of you who sailed in the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta (MOCR) back in the day,...
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The Language of Sailing
Over the five years we worked together, fishhead Lenny Rudow often emailed me a question about some strange term he’d come across in a sailboat review. I never did tell him what a baggywrinkle was (or...
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Bike, Build, Smile, Repeat
This summer, my niece Lydia is going cross-country. And not as I would do it (on four wheels, inside a comfortable vehicle, most likely towing a boat or two). Instead, she’ll be on two wheels, riding...
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Book Review: Big Magic Waves Its Wand
I read Eat Pray Love sometime after it first appeared on the bestseller lists (where it stayed for three years). I’m sure I did… though I can’t remember anything about what I found between its covers....
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Writing Through the Weather
I just heard from one of my favorite authors, James. L. Nelson, who is currently working on a new novel. Jim reports (from his home in Maine): “I was looking forward to a cold winter when I would be...
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