Procrastinating for Fun and Profit

Procrastination: a writer’s worst enemy. Or maybe that’s just what they want you to think! Who is the ‘they’ in this scenario? To be honest I haven’t really developed the ‘world’ that far. Organized people, I guess? You know the Read more

Monsters and Villains

Some of my earliest memories are in this room, a couple of years before this photo was taken. I share with you so you can appreciate the full beauty of early 1970s suburban Chicago wallpaper. On Sunday afternoons, my dad Read more

Author Monthly Post – Anne Barwell – Opposites Attract

This month I’m taking part in an Opposites Attract promotion. I love this trope, and enjoy exploring the friendship, relationship, and romance between two men who on the surface are often nothing alike. Sometimes, they are opposites in personality, and Read more

Going to GRL 2021

Here we are halfway into September and looking ahead to another Gay Rom Lit the beginning of October. But like everything else in the last eighteen months, that’s a more complicated proposition than it has been. I’m signed up to Read more

Come to Dinner

I tried to write something insightful and meaningful about the 20th Anniversary of 911. Something honest, that contributed my genuine perspective of what happened and what happened as a result of that day. It feels like by the 20th anniversary Read more

Letters of Recommendation

Lately I’ve been writing recommendation letters for my students who are applying for jobs or graduate schools. It’s a little more challenging nowadays, since I haven’t seen any of them face-to-face for 18 months, but I’m still happy to be Read more