Daniela Petrova Interview, Part II

Daniela Petrova Interview, Part II

The second installment of my interview with Daniela Petrova, author of the debut novel, HER DAUGHTER’S MOTHER, is now up on YouTube. In this segment Daniela shares how she cultivated sources in order to do research for the police scenes in her book. She also...
Remembering Richard Moore, 1927-2009

Remembering Richard Moore, 1927-2009

In memory of the upcoming tenth anniversary of my father’s death, I thought I’d take a moment to remember the poet Richard Moore, 1927-2009. During the last months of his life, Richard wrote the following fragment. What better person to share his...
Daniela Petrova Interview Part I

Daniela Petrova Interview Part I

On September 7th, hosted by Columbia University’s Fiction Foundry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniela Petrova, author of the debut novel, HER DAUGHTER’S MOTHER. Daniela and I enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation about the novel and what it takes to get a...
Visiting the Horses

Visiting the Horses

I’ve been busy scribbling away, writing the last chapters of Traveling Light, when I knew it couldn’t wait any longer. I had to visit the horses! I drove up to Montrose, NY on a drizzly Tuesday to visit my friend Will, his wife Beth, and their menagerie of chickens,...