Projects I'm Working On

An untitled creative non-fiction novel

To all you fiction writers: I respect you so much! I never knew how hard it would be to write an original story, not one based on history research! I’ve spent last year sketching out a story idea I had and am now on my third rewrite. Fellow authors have been reading my manuscript and giving me good feedback. I’ll continue the work this year. As hard as it is, it is also fulfilling to create a story from just this idea: growing feeling very different from most boys in 1960s rural Upstate New York.

An Ode to Our City’s Lake

I am still writing about our area’s history. I have teamed up with fellow Fultonian and high school classmate Tim Carroll to write the full history of Lake Neatahwanta. Our lake has seen some troubled times in recent decades, but it has also had an amazing long run of being a place of rest and recreation for hundreds of years. Tim and I will be capturing the story of the lake and the recent renewed efforts to restore it as a haven for those who love the water.

Postcard Poetry!

I am pleased to share the good news that CNY Arts, Inc. has again granted me an Individual Artist grant for my Postcard Poetry project. This is my third year of monthly sending out an original poem that fits on the back of a postcard. The poems are always uplifting and positive, with the hopes of sending a little joy into people’s mailboxes. The CNY grant pays for the cost of the postcards and postage, so those interested receive them at no cost. If you’re interested in receiving a poem, please send me your snail mail address using the Contact button at the top of this page.

Postcard Poetry is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature and administered by CNY Arts.