On Writing:

So You Want to Be a Writer
Why We Write
Writing What’s in You
Butt In, Distractions Out
Creative Space
The White Room
Necessary Arrogance
Barrels
Two Daisies
The Eleventh Thing
Dialogue That Speaks
That Thing Called Plot
Farewell, My Darlings
Tips for Writers: The Outtake File
Objective Distance

Writing the Historical Novel, Part I
Writing the Historical Novel, Part II, Using History
Writing the Historical Novel, Part III, When the “Real” History Presents a Problem

On Publishing:

I. Publishing a Novel: The Value of an Agent
II. Publishing a Novel: Getting an Agent
III. Publishing a Novel: Going It Alone, Part 1
IV. Publishing a Novel: Going It Alone,  Part 2
V. Publishing a Novel: Self-Publishing
Galleys, Page Proofs, PDFS–Cape Cods?
From Acceptance to Publication, Part 1
From Acceptance to Publication, Part 2
Publishing a Book: The Ecstasy and Anguish

On The Basilisk:

How I Came to Write The Basilisk
Travels to France
A Poignant Photograph

On A Stone for Bread:

  1. From Blank Page to Novel: Envisioning  A STONE FOR BREAD
  2. For Such a Time as This, Reflections on A STONE FOR BREAD
  3. For Such a Time as This, Reflections on A STONE FOR BREAD
  5. For Such a Time as This, Reflections on A STONE FOR BREAD: Corruption
  6. For Such a Time as This, Reflections on A STONE FOR BREAD: The Slippery Slope
  7. For Such a Time as This, Reflections on A STONE FOR BREAD: A Nazi Flag in Charlottesville 
  8. For such a Time as This, Reflections on A STONE FOR BREAD: Saints and Martyrs 

On Absolution:

The Alchemy of Fiction
Are You Maggie?
I. Backstories: The Boy with Sad Eyes
II. Backstories: Creative Re-imaginging
III. Backstories: Forgetting and Remembering: Two Students Who Influenced Absolution
A Door, a Guarded Building and Serendipity: Researching a Novel

Other Posts:

Sadly, Deja Vu: Charleston
I. On Becoming a Writer
II. On Becoming a Writer: House of Pain
III. On Becoming a Writer: Tales of Two Cities – Miami
IV. On Becoming a Writer: Tales of Two Cities – D.C.
V. On Becoming a Writer: Appalachia
VI: On Becoming a Writer: San Juan Acozac
VII. On Becoming a Writer: South Carolina, Part I – Grad School? Well Maybe Not  
VIII. On Becoming a Writer: South Carolina Part II – Back to Grad School
IX: On Becoming a Writer: New York City
X: On Becoming a Writer: North Carolina