Thoughts

on research, writing, editing, publishing, human nature, and whatever else intrigues me from time to time

Illustration by Joel Bisaillon
2024-03-07 In the past few months, I've had some success with my poetry. Writing short pieces like poems and short stories has proven a welcome relief from the Watermaster novels. It feels so productive to s...
Mountain sheep
2022-10-14 (Hohokam petroglyph, age unknown)   A dark coating called varnish forms on rock outcrops in the Arizona desert. Wielding hard stones like chisels, the Hohokam Indians pecked away this coating to rev...

Historic photographs of late 19th and early 20th century Native Americans of the Arizona desert