The Rabbit Hole

Despite my best efforts, I am just not a consistent blogger. You'd think I would be, having spent nearly a decade managing a daily-entry blog for a Microsoft product group, but no. It's not so much a lack of motivation or inspiration; it's more about focus and consistency. Until I figure that out, you'll just have to ignore the dates on my sporadic contributions. Or at least pay no mind to them as any kind of indicator of something meaningful. That said, I'm stopping by today

Massachusetts has no shortage of favorite daughters and sons. If we set aside the obvious glut of historical figures and focus on the most recent few decades of pop culture, there's the Wahlbergs, the Afflecks, Matt Damon, Conan O'Brien, Uma Thurman, Amy Poehler, Jennifer Coolidge, Mindy Kaling...but there's one actress who pre-dates all of them, yet she's the one that immediately comes to mind whenever I think about this topic: Ruth Gordon (and not just because we're both fr

Have you ever seen the movie, Parenthood ? If not, you should. Aside from an impressive cast of both comedic and dramatic actors, it also...

As promised in my last post, I'm back with an update, now that the second book in Autumn's story is mostly complete (the editor has had her say, I'm just waiting on some beta reader stragglers to get back to me). Book two's working title is A Nightfall of Diamonds , keeping with the theme of each book being named with Grateful Dead lyrics. If you're curious about what happens in the next book, here's a snippet from the query letter I'm sending to literary agents that gives yo

It's been a while. I started this blog with the best intentions of establishing a regular publishing cadence, and staying on top of it,...

Who doesn't love 80s music? As a proud member of the MTV generation, I definitely do. The original choice for this chapter's song was...

Like most of the family-related stories in The Strangest of Places , the recount of Autumn's experience with her cousin, "Jane" is...

As a child of the 80s, I'm sure I heard Tears for Fears' original rendition of this song when it came out, but if I did, it wasn't...

As an indie author myself, I know how much time, effort, blood, sweat and tears go into not only writing, but self-publishing a full...

When I first heard this song, I was maybe 12 years old. It resonated with me because I sympathized with a boy whose father never had time...

In today's world of instant visual gratification enabled by the internet, the concept of meeting someone and then not seeing their face...

There must be something more Everyone's heard the phrase, "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone," but the same applies in...

In my early 20s, I had begun to travel throughout the northeast (and beyond) to see shows. The exhilaration of adventure quickly took...

"One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just isn't the same..." Musicals aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I'm a...

Given the Phish focus in The Strangest of Places , you’d think half of the chapters would have Phish songs, right? Nope. Just this one....

If you’re the type of person who likes to read a book, and then go back and read it again, now knowing everything you didn’t know when...

In the introduction for The Strangest of Places , where I explained the alignment between the chapters and their associated song titles,...

While poking around the interwebs a few months back, I ran across a pretty decent write up on Goose . Its headline made a decidedly bold...

As I pointed out in my first post , and in the book's disclaimer, this book is a "work of fiction, influenced by memory." I wanted to...

Now that The Strangest of Places is officially available, I want to make sure that you, Dear Reader, are fully aware of what you'll be...