In the News

Saluting the Sun, A New Musical

Thrilled that actress, director and retired Founder of Steel Beam Theater, Chicago, Donna Steele, is producing a new musical, based on my third novel, Saluting the Sun, at The Edge Theater at 5451 Broadway in Chicago from November 24 to December 3. Vocal artist and voice/drama teacher Amy Steele composed the music. I understand they […]

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“The Interview” published in East by Northeast

Happy to report that my rather short story, “The Interview” was published in March in the new literary journal, East by Northeast. I also read a portion for broadcast on their youtube channel.

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Finalists for Wm Wisdom Prizes

Pleased to announce that two of my submissions were finalists in the William Wisdom William Faulkner Writing Competition sponsored by Pirates Alley Faulkner Society, New Orleans.  HARMONY’S PEACE & JOY, my current novel-in-progress, was a finalist in that category, and  my historical novel, FREE LOVE, was a finalist in the unpublished novel category.  My short […]

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Thank you for voting.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who voted for SALUTING THE SUN for Readers Choice. We had more than 80 votes, the most in my category I think (General Fiction). The winner was in the Literary Fiction category, a novel by a professor at Gonzaga, with a whopping 466 votes. The “judged” part of the contest will […]

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INDIEFAB FABULOUS NEWS

 Foreword Reviews just named SALUTING THE SUN one of 16 finalists for their INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. (Winner announced in June.) A total of 1500 entrants, so pretty cool. If you haven’t read WARMING UP or SALUTING THE SUN, now would be a great time to read and to post a review!! Both are […]

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