There’s a particular kind of story I’ve always loved – the kind that moves fast, makes you laugh unexpectedly, and sneaks in something true when you least expect it. Stories that are a little weird, a little dark, and full of characters who don’t always…
Read MoreBack in the late 1990s, I was living in Seattle, Washington when the public library launched an experiment: What if an entire city read the same book? They called it “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book.”...
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I first met Martina Leber on June 21st, 2025, at the Vernissage of her “mind mazes” exhibition at...
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People love to ask writers where they get their ideas….
But here’s what I’ve come to believe: the question isn’t really about where ideas come from. It’s about why they take root.
What’s coming, AND…… ………….a quick grab bag of Field Notes about where I’ve wandered & what I’ve witnessed this year. May 15-18 CrimeFest Murder, Mystery, and Mark Gatiss:...
Read MoreI’m part Sioux, part Comanche, and the rest is cowboy. (Dutch, Deutsch, some other stuff.) My favorite method of transportation is the train. After that: my feet. I’m a hardcore pedestrian. I’ve been living in...
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I’m at the very beginning stages of planning an in-depth series of novellas, which means...
Read MoreGo HERE for English Version. Mainz – die Geburtsstadt des Buchdrucks – ist bereit, UNESCO City of Literature zu werden. Bringen wir gemeinsam Autor:innen, Verlage, Bibliotheken, Buchhandlungen, Schulen, Übersetzer:innen,...
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