About This Blog

This blog is a place for me to post writing to share with others. It is intended to display any type of writing, including creative writing (mostly short stories, but a few poems and book chapters), newspaper and magazine articles, journal writing, memoir, etc. I also expect to ponder issues connected to writing or the writing process.

If you're interested in my book recommendations (not reviews!), see my book blog, CD's Picks.

About Fiction v. Nonfiction

Honesty is important to me, and I attempt to adhere to what I believe to be true in all my nonfiction writing. I make the caveat that, as I get older (I was born in 1964), it becomes ever more difficult to pull apart the threads of truth from those of fantasy.

My fiction weaves threads of life experiences (mine and others') into the narrative, while the nonfiction (hopefully) contains sometimes fantastical and wonderful elements, much the way these elements seem to me to occur in "real" life. I believe memory to be unreliable, and can refer anyone who disagrees to reliable (!) research documentation that supports this hypothesis. I do promise to make every attempt to clearly designate which of my works should be considered fiction and which should not.