Essays
A personal request
Below is a short, personal parody I wrote of a camping trip I took with friends a year and a half ago. We hiked across the Beartooths (they’re plural, and it is tooths, don’t argue with me) in Montana, a truly incredible trip and great experience. Along...
An enormous loss — Bill Cook
Bill Cook, who with his wife Gayle financed and oversaw the incredible restoration of the West Baden Springs Hotel and French Lick Springs Hotel, brought Pete Dye in to create a one-of-a-kind golf course, and generally restored the beauty and life to an area that...
Tragic news in the mystery community
http://www.murderbooks.com/ If you can make the memorial service, do so. If you can’t, buy a book from David Thompson’s store — we just lost the most passionate bookseller in the business, and one of the finest people I’ve ever known....
Writing Fuel
After writing up the short post below about Larry McMurtry’s great memoir, I got to thinking about my favorite quotes on writing — there are plenty — and it occurred to me that a fairly common question in interviews is whether I have any quotes...