A Mid-Month Defense Of NaNoWriMo By A Novelist Too Busy To Write One @ WriteByNight

I participate in and support National Novel Writing Month.  Write By Night gave me a platform to say why.

Occupy Roundup (Week of 11/7) @ Fringe Magazine

Every Tuesday at Fringe, I’m doing a roundup of Occupy related news.

The Waits We Were Waiting For

One of the great pleasures in music this year has been the new Tom Waits album. At a time when I was overwhelmed with work and less than ideal health, the unexpected appearance of this record was a big lift for me personally. (more…)

Roving Police Squads in Oakland @ Fringe Magazine

The excellent Fringe Magazine has published a piece of mine about how Oakland police are engaging the Occupy protests.  Read it here.

Fringe is doing special Occupy coverage on their blog.

“Hello world!” (Said Loudly)

This is a draft page I use for testing design elements for this site.  There’s really no reason for you to be here. But if you are, enjoy some video and photos of The Dillinger Escape Plan.  (more…)