Some sports-minded writing advice for the aspiring scribes: Authors are like point guards in that we’re as good, or as bad, as the decisions we make. Setting, story structure, dialogue, …
A few weeks ago I announced that I was confirmed for the 2026 Printers Row Lit Fest, and that My Fighting Family and I were finally coming back to Chicago. …
First, a confession: I suck at networking. I’m worse at Circling Back than I am at schmoozing, and I schmooze about as well as Carl Lewis sings national anthems. My …
Yes, you read that headline right. My Fighting Family: Borders and Bloodlines and The Battles That Made Us is coming back to Chicago in person, on stage, at the biggest …
First, an update: Making a subtle change to the way I use this website. If you know me, then you know my work appears in a lot of places. To …
In the two years since the hardcover edition of My Fighting Family went live, folks have been asking me where they could acquire a signed copy if they didn’t live …
The six weeks away from this platform weren’t planned. I don’t have enough control over my time to schedule a sabbatical from anything. Any disappearance from an app or social …
If you’ve been following along, you know we’re six weeks out from publication day for the paperback edition of my award-winning memoir, My Fighting Family: Borders and Bloodlines and The …
Last week over on LinkedIn I had a chat with my followers about the reality of life as a published author, and it started like this: Myth: Writers spend three …
Book cover reveals are sort of like Super Bowl commercials in that anybody good or lucky enough at snooping around the internet can usually find the info in question before …