Writing is at the core of who I am.

It’s where everything converges—recovery, curiosity, politics, spirit, and culture.

I write to understand, to challenge, and to connect.

Resources

  • Dryden Fountain Pens –  Affordable quality fountain pen with cartridges. I have more expensive pens, but always find myself writing with this one.
  • Ink + Volt Executive Notebooks – Love these notebooks, Absolutely perfect size and the paper is smooth as glass with a fountain pen. I wrote the first draft of my first novel (Beast) using five of these notebooks.
  • Harrison Bergeron (Welcome to the Monkey House) – Kurt Vonnegut
  • The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood – Howard Pyle
  • Rabbit Run – John Updike
  • News of a Kidnapping – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth
  • Candide – Voltaire
  • Clapton: The Autobiography – Eric Clapton
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels + Stories Volume I – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol and the Birth of Post-Sixties America – Andreas KIllen
  • Demian – Herman Hesse
  • The Colorado Kid – Stephen King

Essays on Writing

The Pen that Conquered My Writer’s Block

August 13, 2025|Writing|

Like a lot of writers, I had started a novel more times than I could count. I’d knock out a few great opening chapters—and then nothing.

I always blamed the usual […]

You Are Already Creative

August 13, 2025|Art, Creative, Music, Musings, Writing|

The first step to being creative is realizing you already are.

Creativity isn’t limited to painting, writing, acting, or music. It shows up in how you think, how you solve problems, […]