Archive

  • ‘Ferment’ Collage no. 6

    I’ve turned my attention back to The Ferment. In the last few weeks, I’ve straightened out story arc issues across the full season outline and am in the process of typing up all the…

  • A theatre thing

  • “Life And …” Storytelling

    Episode 3 of Season 4 of the Life And … podcast features a conversational story I wrote and recorded last spring. Spring is the time of year these creative things tend to happen in…

  • T&R Archive

    As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m honored to be a recurring guest on my friend E.W. Conundrum Demure’s weekly program Troubadours and Raconteurs. It airs on Radio Free Brooklyn on Friday nights at 10…

  • Currents Anthology Available for Pre-Order

    Edited by Brian Fanelli and Joe Kraus, Currents in the Electric City: A Scranton Anthology will be published July 16, 2024. The Belt Publishing paperback features work by a couple dozen writers both local…

  • Long Live the Humanities!

    This was the line that stopped me: “Ultimately, for our society, this comes down to whether we believe in the potential of humans with as much conviction as we believe in the potential of…

  • the chill of coincidence

    In the moment, I said it had happened on Wednesdaybut today is Wednesdayso it must have been Mondayor maybe even yesterday. I haven’t been sleeping well. The lines are blurring.It’s a little embarrassing to…

  • C is for Cookie

    On the first day of College Writing, I offered my students an edible metaphor. Homemade cookies baked from scratch by me or processed generics from the dollar store. I can cite the source of…

  • Holiday Card 2023: Wrapping Paper

    Holiday Card 2023: Wrapping Paper

    We’re judged by our exteriors while we insist it’s what’s inside that counts. Truth is: nothing inside that package will fill the void inside of you. The ghosts will be hungry until you stop…