Those of us who wait year round for the cold pleasures of the brief mid-Atlantic winter have to grudgingly concede now that spring has sprung here in Pennsylvania. All the ice has been gone for a couple of weeks and every morning more green is visible from my back window than there was the day […]
Read more "Welcome Spring with an Open Mind"This post may be a “spoiler” for the upcoming book but here it is, a sliver of what we’ll be walking toward when the adventure begins. I don’t believe the news on the environment is all bad news. In fact, there’s a great case to be made for just the opposite: that our natural environment […]
Read more "Celebrate Renewal"Three to four weeks till book launch. Editing is getting there – mostly just polishing now. I’m trying to place an article with a periodical right now in advance of the book that might help a little with publicity. Susan, a competent graphic designer, has created an incredible book cover that is just what I’d […]
Read more "The End is Near"Well, it’s about like I’d said last time. I’m chained to the writing desk, trying to fulfill the commitment I’ve made to the few out there awaiting a book, a commitment to have a volume available during the month of March. To be honest though, I’m not even sure at this point when exactly The […]
Read more "A Captive to my Art"I’m just in from a week on Long Island, having my book scrutinized, economized and criticized by good friends. I should be bold enough now to seek out some criticism from those who are not friends. Aside from the practical aspects of the trip, it’s always good to spend time with the Kohl family who […]
Read more "Travels in Civilization"I’m just in from another two and a half days on the ice and thought I’d post again, at least putting up a few photos from the trip. This trip averaged about 20 degrees warmer than the last one and, in fact, water covered the surface of the ice on the first day. Wet feet […]
Read more "Into and out of the Wild"I’ve forgotten to post anything over the last few weeks but, again, I’m new at this so I should get more consistent as time goes on. I’ve been getting out a lot since the lakes of western Pennsylvania froze and this too has taken me away from the computer (thankfully). My job of the last […]
Read more "Escape from the Writing Desk!"The first month of 2016 is all about prepping for a February book launch. To that end, I’m working on my submissions to publishers right now and corresponding with knowledgeable friends. The Feb. launch won’t really concern conventional publishing though, it’s the launch of my self-published first edition which should give me a head start […]
Read more "Ending the Year Pushing Ahead"This is the second time I’ve ever written what’s apparently known as a “blog post”. I’m moving faster on the whole book project now than at any time since finishing the rough manuscript a few months ago. A work week begins with a day-by-day plan generated every Sunday for something resembling most people’s conventional work […]
Read more "My work cut out for me"Today marks the launch of my new site, thedyingfish.com, a site dedicated to introducing my project of the last 10 years to the world in the form of a book, The Dying Fish. The flashpoint for the work culminating in The Dying Fish came ten years ago while working as a janitor at an apartment […]
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the dying fish 