From my imagination, to yours.
Congratulations to Mara Batt, who graduated from the Stroudsburg School District, for winning the writing contest! Our distinguished panel of judges had a tough time selecting the winner, but in the end Mara nailed it and the $1,200 award will … Continued
Back in 2005, a group of awesome people and myself founded Pocono Commuter, Inc., a non-profit that supported the growing commuter population, helping them find friends and support during the economic boom that offered home ownership via extreme commutes to … Continued
So I’ve kept a few things from my childhood that have stayed with me over the, er, many years, since then. I have handwritten stories in ancient spiral notebooks, report cards, and assorted odds and ends that would mean little … Continued
Happy New Year, World! I’ve had a wonderful 2016. I married the love of my life, visited Ireland, and published my first novel, VISITOR. I have more writing in the works, but my initial resolution for 2017 is to improve … Continued
The simple answer is, VISITOR is a science-fiction novel I wrote. But that is like saying an oak is just a tree. It’s absolutely true, yet unsatisfying and incomplete. What kind of tree? What shape are the leaves? What is the trunk’s … Continued
My life changed forever when I was ten years old, and my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Friedman, gave us a writing assignment. The assignment itself has long escaped my memory, but the story I wrote involved the flowers on my … Continued
Intro: For six months, I worked as an intern for a literary agency. I won’t mention the name of the agency, but they are a “real” agency with legitimate book sales. Although I did not progress to “Apprentice,” I learned quite … Continued
