Thank You to Assaracus Magazine, Sibling Rivalry Press: For Acceptance of My Poetry

It’s part of a writer’s life, more so than non-writers or those who’ve never submitted or aimed to make writing a profession: R-E-J-E-C-T-I-O-N, all caps. For every one acceptance you receive, most writers have had hundreds of “no’s” for that same work(s), even some of the authors who’ve gone on to be listed as some […]

“Saturday, In the Park…” It Was Almost the 4th of July

(This is one of my favorite posters ever. It’s definitely eye-catching as you endeavor to figure out what it is advertising exactly…) The title of this piece comes from the American band, Chicago, and their song “Saturday in the Park” which came out in my birth year: 1972. Today Berlin was hot, hotter than it’d […]

Photos from Berlin & Scenes from “The Agony of Joy”

Winner of the 2013 Global Ebook Award for Best LGBT Novel. Background about the novel: The partially finished manuscript of “The Agony of Joy” had been “on pause” on my computer, in a folder within a folder. I do that occasionally when I have a story or idea I’m still meditating on, yet don’t want […]