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Daniela Petrova Interview, Part III
The final installment of my interview with Daniela Petrova, author of HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER, is up on the Columbia Fiction Foundry YouTube channel. Daniela’s debut novel, published by Putnam, has been named “One of Five Thrillers to Read This Summer” by Time Magazine,...
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 discusses...
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 accomplishments than...
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 book...
Resiliance, Determination & Teamwork at the USTA Eastern Sectionals
This past weekend sixteen of my teammates and I packed up our tennis racquets, team uniforms, sunblock, visors and determination to head up to Schenectady NY to compete in the USTA Eastern 18+ Sectional Championships. The Sectionals bring together all five regions of...
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,...
Greer Hendricks Interview for Columbia Fiction Foundry
On April 6, at the Columbia Alumni Center in New York City, I had the pleasure of interviewing Greer Hendricks, co-author, with Sarah Pekkanen, of THE WIFE BETWEEN US, which spent 26 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List, and AN ANONYMOUS GIRL, which debuted...
“West 256th Street and Valles Avenue” Published in The McNeese Review
I'm honored and thrilled that my short story, "West 256th Street and Valles Avenue" has been published in the 2018 empathy-themed issue of The McNeese Review. I couldn't be more pleased that my story has found a home within this collection of startling,...
“West 256th Street and Valles Avenue” Accepted for Publication
I’m honored and delighted that The McNeese Review has accepted my short story, “West 256th Street and Valles Avenue” for publication in their spring issue! Founded in 1948, The McNeese Review is an annual publication of the MFA program in Creative Writing at McNeese...
“The Day the Linden Fell” (online)
Continue reading "The Day the Linden Fell," published online at Menda City Review, here.
“The Day the Linden Fell” Live and Online at Menda City Review
My short story, “The Day the Linden Fell,” is live and online at Menda City Review! In the disembodied world of small press publishing, there is a fresh, subversive, forward-looking retro-hip beauty and audacity to Menda City Review that I've always wanted to be a...
“Fairway” (online)
Riverbabble, which published "Fairway" for their Seeing and Looking themed issue 31, Summer 2017, has sadly closed. I've reprinted "Fairway" here. “Fairway” by Tania Moore (approximate reading time 10 minutes) Alice stood in front of a display of broccoli,...