My sixth book, Dark Fathers, will be released by Kelsay Books in December.

My sixth book, Dark Fathers, will be released by Kelsay Books in December. You will be able to purchase copies from their bookstore HERE. 

Happy Thanksgiving

We should all remember that giving love and friendship matters more than being “right.”

Happy Thanksgiving

Three of my poems about Northern Michigan are included in the Fifth Edition of the Walloon Writers Review

Three of my poems about Northern Michigan are included in the Fifth Edition of the Walloon Writers Review, available soon.

Shopping for the Holidays - Buy a book by a local Fredericksburg Author - including my book Final Inventory

Shopping for the Holidays - Buy a book by a local Fredericksburg Author - including my book Final Inventory.
 
Thank you Free Lance Star for the article and support of local authors.

Backchannels will publish my poem "Half-life" in its Winter 2020 issue coming out in January.

Backchannels will publish my poem "Half-life" in its Winter 2020 issue coming out in January. Thank you Editor Laura Johnson.

Backchannels will publish my poem "Half Life" in its Winter 2020 issue coming out in January.

Backchannels will publish my poem "Half Life" in its Winter 2020 issue coming out in January. Thank you Editor Laura Johnson.

My poem "Climbing the Red Dog Road" has been published in From the Depths

My poem "Climbing the Red Dog Road" has been published in From the Depths by Haunted Waters Press. You can order a copy here:

https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1687827

Thank you Editor Susan Warren Utley.

I will be teaching 2 creative writing classes at Germanna in the Spring 2020 term

My Creative Writing I class at Germanna Community College in January will offer you the chance to write in all four genres: poetry, short fiction, 10-minute play and creative nonfiction.

Creative Writing II will focus on just short fiction and poetry.

Go here to Register:
https://www.germanna.edu/admissions/register/ 

Review: Edison

Edison by Edmund Morris
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A comprehensive biography of Thomas Edison, Morris' book is rich in technical history and details while offering little new in understanding the man himself. Perhaps that is as it should be. Edison seems opaque in many ways, perhaps because he was increasingly closed in by his deafness. And he seemed less willing to share himself as a person, even with those he loved, than he was to share the gifts of his mind and invention with the world.

For an unfathomable reason, Morris chose to have this biography go backwards. I cannot determine a scholarly, literary or entertainment value in doing so and recmmend simply reading the book backwards.




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Video of The October 24, 2019 Evening of Poetry

The video of the Evening of Poetry in the North Central Region of the Poetry Society of Virginia and held on October 24, 2019 at Germanna Community College can be viewed here:

https://youtu.be/FrwUhT3J80A

The evening featured Henry Hart, current Poet Laureate of Virginia, Laura Bylenok, poet and professor at the University of Mary Washington, poets Beth Spraggins and Madalin Bickel, and students from the creative writing class at Germanna.

The evening was cosponsored by PSV - North Central Region and Germanna Community College.