I chose creative writing as a profession right out of college, but after being a broke poet for a decade I entered a 20-year career directing the design of medical software and helped produce two of the preeminent practice management and electronic health records systems. Along the way I became an expert in the field and wrote two college textbooks. One became a national bestseller. I left the software company, became a full-time author and wrote six more textbooks. Two of those became bestsellers.
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Between textbooks I turned my attention back to my creative writing origins. I began working on stage plays and then my first published novel, Lancelot’s Grail. Since, I have written two more novels and a biography. A fourth novel is in development.
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I was writing poetry even before college and have had nearly 300 poems published in literary journals, and chap books; plus five volumes of my collected poems. Currently, I am a regular contributor to Ann Arbor Review International Journal of Poetry. Poems published in recent issues are listed below.
How do I go from poetry to computer programming, from textbooks to novels? For me balancing the left brain / right brain is not that difficult. I find all of it a swim in the creative flow.
Ragtime Dudes in a Thin Place
Ragtime is new, Victorians are out, and free love is on the rise when New York dandies meet independent thinking women of 1904 Taos, New Mexico. Learn more...
Winner Royal Palm Literary Award – First Place
Read RPLA Interview by the Florida Writers Association.
Meet me at the following events:
WAG Reading
Dec 15, 2019
2:00 – 5:00 PM
V Pizza Restaurant
115 SE 1 St
Gainesville, FL
Writers Marketing Coalition
Jan 4, 2019
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Library Branch TBA
Gainesville, FL
Writers Alliance of Gainesville
Jan 12, 2019
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Millhopper Branch Library
3145 NW 43rd St
Gainesville, FL
Sunshine State Book Festival
Jan 25, 2020
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall
8300 NW 80th St
Gainesville, FL
A Paris Flapper – another winner. Second book to win the
Royal Palm Literary Award
A Paris flapper, a shell-shocked war veteran, and three ragtime dudes face the impending death of one of their number with warmth and humor in a new novel scheduled for publication 2020.
Tracing King Arthur – new non-fiction
Following the trail of places the historical figure King Arthur lived, fought and died, we encounter some interesting people and theories along the journey.
Ragtime Dudes at the World's Fair – new novel
The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was the largest ever held, showcasing the latest inventions and world class art. And our three dudes from New York are right in the thick of it.
Available for readings or as a speaker
Three part video of author reading from Ragtime Dudes in a Thin Place at the Millhopper Library. Watch now...
Skating on Skim Ice
Video of author at Library reading reveals the story behind the book title. Watch now...
Ann Arbor Review
International Journal of Poetry
Publishing since 1967 – ezine since 2004
Read my newest poems in the following issues:
Issue XXII Summer 2019
Spring Into Summer
Nothing Out of Something
Issue XXI Winter 2018-19
Un-Platonic Solids
Found Naked Lunch
Issue XX Summer 2018
Lost and Found Shoes
Old Order
Issue XIX Winter 2017-2018
To Wish Again Upon A Star
Stay Seated
Issue XVIII Summer-Fall 2017
Bananas for Baba
Flying in Eights
Issue XVII Winter 2016-17
Blinds and Shutters
The Deva
Last Dance of the Year
Issue XVI Spring 2016
Stillpoint
Tea in Goa
Issue XV Summer-Fall 2015
Brave Voice
Fingering The Jam
Madwife
Issue XIV Winter 2014-15
Ever New Morning
He and She
Issue XIII Spring-Summer 2014
Soda Fountain Days
Like most authors, I enjoy reading as well as writing. My interests span a variety of genres. I belong to a local book club through which I've read books I would not have discovered otherwise. I am also a member of Good Reads and you can follow me there. Here are covers of the last forty books I've read. Note: clicking any of these sends you to my review of the book on the Good Reads site. Use your browser back button to return to this page.