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Of Trolls and Toddlers

If you feed trolls, they get big and fat and juicy. Their favorite food is attention. Yes, yes, I know, they’re objectively wrong. They lie. They traffic in absolute misinformation.…

Tea Time in America

The English have tea time. The Spanish have their siestas. What do Americans have? Overtime. The older I get, the more I think that’s a whole bunch of hooey. We…

Digital Detox from Corporate Babble

Being big on the concept of ‘shop local’, I went into a local business while on vacation recently. While there, I saw a sign near the cash register. I shall…

‘Tis the Season

‘Tis the season to be jolly, so they say. And if you look around, on every street corner there are twinkly lights, candy canes, Christmas trees, snowmen, snowflakes, and all…

First, Do No Harm

“Boring!” That was one of the nicer comments. I’m trying, in my imperfect way, to market my novel(s).[1] So I posted a video of myself reading a page of it.…

Daily Joy

I bought some shoes off of Etsy the other day. They’re silly shoes. Ridiculous, even. They’re combat boot/Doc Marten shaped and are printed with books and flowers all over them.…

Devil’s Hand

In case you haven’t heard me shouting from the rafters, my new novel, the second in the Fischer at Law series, Devil’s Hand, is now available wherever you buy books.…

When in Rome

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. It’s a proverb attributed to Saint Ambrose back in the fourth century. It’s good advice, that’s why it’s lasted almost two thousand…

Squeaky Wheel

I couldn’t work in customer service. It’s hard enough for me to service the clients I have, and I like most of them and know them personally. I can’t imagine…

Speaking in First Draft

I stand by the proposition that everyone has an interesting story to tell. I also stand by the proposition that not everyone has the ability to tell an interesting story…

Same as it Ever Was

I sometimes get a flash of memory from things I did or said before I was, say, twenty-five years old and I am nearly felled with humiliation. Man, I was…

Food Porn

If you’ve ever laid eyes on me in person, you’ll see that it’s obvious I’m not a picky eater.  True picky eaters don’t have this much cushioning. While I do…