by Chris | Jan 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
If my new novel gets off the ground, I’ll owe part of the success to the generosity of so many Bay Area writers who have provided me with an open forum in which I can read drafts of my work aloud and edit out what doesn’t work. One of these writers is one...
by Chris | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Since I’ve started adding posts to this blog I’m now getting inundated with spam — over 200 just yesterday. It feels like such a waste to throw it all out. Luckily, my friend Dan Cohen, a.k.a. The Sixty-Second Gourmet, has published a helpful,...
by Chris | Jan 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Readers of “The Love Thing” can probably guess that one of my passions is food. I had originally planned to make all the recipes Greg attempts in the book, but as Greg’s ambition began to grow, he left me behind. So for the food I’ll occasionally be writing about on...
by Chris | Jan 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
While editing the new book I’ve been doing something I wish I’d done more of when I was editing “The Love Thing” — reading the work aloud. Luckily for me, the Bay Area, where I live, is home to at least three places (or at least three...
by Chris | Dec 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
I call myself a writer, but whenever I see a blank page, or blank screen, I find myself wanting to do anything but write. I suppose that’s why I’ve resisted starting a blog for over two years. How to introduce myself? How to say anything that...
