what stays and what goes
I am about at the halfway mark with my 13 weeks, writing from the summer solstice to the fall equinox, when I hope to turn in a chunk of the new book, temporarily called CHARLOTTESVILLE, to my editor. I can't remember what specifically about the book I've talked about...
the solstice to equinox project
I am at a point with my work-in-progress -- all of my works in progress, but especially with what I've been calling The Lost Cause Project (aka "Charlottesville") -- that I need to concentrate. Both focus and concentration have been hard to maintain since 2020 and the...
I've been collecting oral histories of the Battle of Resaca, part of Sherman's campaign to capture the city of Atlanta and win the South for the Union in the Civil War. This snippet is from Daniel Ransdell, who fought with the Seventieth Indiana Regiment, commanded by...
BOBBY: A Story of Robert F. Kennedy
To celebrate the publication (today!) of BOBBY: A Story of Robert F. Kennedy, here is a book-birth story. The path to publication began in 2007 — 15 years ago — at a conference in Washington, D.C. where I had lunch with some publishing people and we got to talking...
bookshop.org
Here we go. I want indies to survive this pandemic so they are still here, creating community and a literate society, for us and with us, as they've always done, when we emerge from our sheltering in place. Please consider opening a book buying account at bookshop.org...
books in the time of corona
Hello, friends. What a time. I've made some posts on IG and want to put them here, where I will end up posting in more depth about Kent State and other books, and, well, life in the time of corona, I guess. Without belaboring anything, here is post one, which I'll...