Howdy folks! Trailer Boy here. It's been a while. I've been busy adjusting to the new life. I've found that I've quieted down over the last little while. I've never…
Tomorrow, I return to work after four years away. I'll be heading into downtown Portland and working in the same position -- with even some of the same programs and…
The summer is winding down and right now, the girls are asleep in the loft bed of my favorite Seaside, Oregon, hotel. It's the same one where I wrote "If…
Several weeks…okay maybe a few months…back, I started this meandering talk on writer’s block…ahem…excuse me…writer’s resistance. Calling it a block let’s us off the hook too easily. Oops. We can’t go…
Awardiness…. So of course, I should start with some good news. My friend Jay (Lake) dominates the Endeavour Award ballot shortly on the heels of his Locus Award win. (Last…
So I’m coming up on the one year anniversary of Jay’s death and I’m pleased to report that I’m digging out of the crater I’ve been laying shellshocked in after…
My life is full of perfect moments scattered amid the less than perfect ones and the sometimes brutal ones. The perfect moment of finishing my first short story. The perfect…