News:

Winter 2012

I am in the midst of revising my new novel ms. The Beauty of Ordinary Things for publication.  This is a novel about human and sacred love, and love’s bafflements, circa 1973.  My two central characters:  a Vietnam vet from a large Irish Catholic family near Boston, and a young Benedictine nun.  More info soon! 

Some of the inspiring books I’ve been reading recently include Enchantment, the newest collection of beautiful stories by Thaisa Frank; Debra Dean’s gorgeous, poignant novel about a Russian saint, The Mirrored World; Sebastian Barry’s On Canaan’s Side, a sharply honest and lyrical novel told in the voice of an elderly woman; and William Trevor’s understated, slowly compelling Love and Summer.  I’m looking forward to reading Michael Ondaatje’s The Cat’s Table.

I have also been enjoying my editing and development work with many writers, including a Bay Area writer Deany Brady, whose remarkable memoir An Appalachian Childhood is approaching completion. 

If you are looking for help with a writing project, please click here to learn more about my consulting services. 



Guest Blog Posts

“Walking Through the Hedge” – an essay on Meg Waite Clayton’s site, 1st Books: Stories about How Writers Get Started.

"Two Achilles Heels" and "I Love All Things Irish"-- blog on The Well-Read Donkey, Kepler's Bookstore:

"My Life as a Writer"


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