Bill and I say come on down to New Orleans for the 2026 annual Faulkner Society Festival, where the manuscript for my newest novel, JACKSON, is on the shortlist for the Novel Prize. It’s all happening September 25-27 at the Hotel Provincial, Beauregard-Keyes House, and the Ursuline Convent Chapel and Gardens in the French Quarter. … Read more
Here’s wishing everyone good health, happiness, and love for 2026. And to help you get started, here are Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s resolutions for 1943. Cheers!
Good news Monday. I’m happy to share that my newest novel, JACKSON, has been chosen as a finalist for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ 2025 Prize for the Novel. The blurb is below, if you’re curious. JACKSON is a modern-day Frankenstein tale set against the backdrop of horrific, real-life brain implant experiments conducted … Read more
Good news Tuesday: I’ve just signed a film development deal for my 2013 novel THE NIGHT OF THE COMET. The producer is Matt Thompson, who worked for years with John Wells, whose credits include ER, The West Wing, and August: Osage County, among many other film and TV projects. Many thanks to super agent Lisa … Read more
I’m looking forward to another Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, coming up March 26-30, 2025, at the fabulous Monteleone Hotel. I’ll be moderating a panel of some truly wonderful local writers and photographers: Constance Adler, Carolyn Hembree, Andy Young, Josephine Sacabo, and Jennifer Shaw. Info below. Come see us! Sunday, March 30 10 … Read more
from Edmund Weiss’ “Bilder-Atlas der Sternenwelt: Eine Astronomie für jedermann” (1888) via Stephen Ellcock
Tommy Kovac has made a name for himself interviewing actors from the 80s in his “Splat from the Past” podcast. Some of his interviewees are famous, most are obscure, but he’s genuinely excited to talk to them all. Here’s our talk from yesterday. I’m afraid to listen to it; I suspect it’s filled with … Read more
The astronomers might be going a little overboard on this one: a harvest moon + a supermoon + a blood moon + a partial lunar eclipse. All happening tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 17, in a sky near you. From NPR: A celestial trifecta: What to know about Tuesday’s lunar eclipse September 16, 20245:00 AM … Read more
From Newsweek: Double Meteor Shower Zooming Over Southern US States Tonight No telescope or binoculars required By Jess Thomson Two meteor showers are due to light up the night sky over the southern states simultaneously this week as they both peak within days of each other. The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower is due to hit its … Read more
From the BBC: Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Everything You Need to Know IMAGE SOURCE, NASA Apollo 11 Moon landing: Everything you need to know It’s 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 … Read more