Events

“Tractor Rides” Essay Added

June 1, 2010

Today I refined and added my essay “Tractor Rides” to the essay section of the website. It is an essay of remembering childhood. Excerpt: “While I was growing up Grandma and Grandpa Purdy lived in the country. They lived on the Pennsylvania-New York border, and to reach their house you had to drive along a [...]

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I Have Been Remiss

November 29, 2008

I have been remiss in not posting a link to some of my writing elsewhere. This information is months late, but for those interested in reading about what I have been doing, head on over to Aswelivedbefore.com. If you read there you will have a good idea why things have been so quiet here.

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First Draft Complete

February 20, 2008

Work progresses on the sequel to The Stuttering Bard of York. The first draft of The Stuttering Mayor of York, has been completed and critiqued by the initial test readership. Soon work will begin on the second draft of The Stuttering Mayor of York.

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Shelved Locally

February 14, 2008

For a short time The Stuttering Bard of York is available locally in Fat Cat Books at Avenue B Johnson City, New York. If you are in the area you can stroll down there and support your local economy (and a local author!).

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Sequel Underway

August 3, 2007

Those who have read The Stuttering Bard of York and are wishing for more–good news! I’m working on the sequel, to be titled The Stuttering Mayor of York. Ben and Jess will return for more adventures. That is the good news. The bad news is that it will be some time before it is completed, [...]

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Writing Elsewhere

July 30, 2007

If you have read The Stuttering Bard of York and are looking for something more to read I suggest you head over to Silverwarethief.com, my personal website. That website holds various detritus of mine, including writing that is in turns inane, interesting, and amusing. For a taste of the humorous, one could start by reading [...]

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Subscribe to This Site

July 27, 2007

Previously, at the bottom of the main page of this website, there was an option to subscribe via e-mail. If you subscribed you would receive an e-mail whenever a news update was posted–except that feature was never properly implimented. That is to say it was broke and any attempt to subscribe met with failure. I [...]

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You Can Search Inside

May 13, 2007

This past Wednesday I saw that The Stuttering Bard of York was now available on Google Books. You can read and search the entire book here on Google Books. It took approximately two months from date of submission to Google Books before the novel appeared on the website. I think that is pretty decent turn [...]

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Website Additions

March 15, 2007

A reviews page has been added for The Stuttering Bard of York. Now you can see what other people are saying about the story. I also added an Essays section to the website, where I will be occasionally adding essays. There is one essay, Full Circle, for reading right now.

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Search Inside The Book Soon

March 10, 2007

This week I submitted The Stuttering Bard of York to both Amazon’s Search Inside The Book and Google’s Book Search. So long as there was no problem with my submission, the novel should come up on both services in the next several weeks. I hope this will allow more people to discover my story. I [...]

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