Welcome to the new site

Time passes. Things change. I started blogging in April of 2001, partly to keep my hand in web development, partly to write regularly, and with no idea that I’d be blogging on Jewish and Israeli issues, as well as politics, for ten of those eleven years. The old...

The state of the novel

Well, the novel is currently with my copy editor. I just purchased a new theme for the new writing blog that will go live in a few weeks. The cover art gets closer and closer to done. I’m lining up all those ducks in a row, and we shall see if I’ve lined...

Writing and reading link roundup

What E-publishing means to a country boy: If you didn’t grow up where I did, you may not understand what this means, but it’s worth hearing. I know a lot of people with e-readers who are reading voraciously, who had very little access to books previously. When I was a...

I am officially a novelist

The novel is complete. I did it. I want to jump up and down and shout and then set off fireworks outside. But my neighbors probably wouldn’t like the last, so I won’t. I am, however, going to go downstairs and pour myself a drink. I’ve earned it....

Another weekend writing

Another weekend trying to finish the novel. Over 3100 words and Chapter 13 is finally finished. There are four more unfinished chapters in various stages of incompleteness. I’m sure I can get two of them done this weekend, and I’m taking Wednesday off, so...