My Blog
Blogging is like going to the writer’s gym. I get to tell silly stories about whatever comes into my head at 2 am, with the hope that by repeatedly stringing a bunch of sentences together in a half coherent way, it will provide me with the mental muscle memory needed to knock off another novel. So far, so good. Stay tuned and keep on coming back for a laugh or two. You might actually get to know me (now there’s a scary thought). I’m an open book.
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Funniest Book I’ve Ever Read.
I met Joe Barrett at the Austin Book Fair last fall. He’s one of the BRW writers who took over the booth that Saturday afternoon,

Nails Clipped
I had to use guile and trickery to pull off the mani-pedi capture solo yesterday. Luckily, Claire was in a needy mood. She was more

Spring Snow Sucks
Normally I do my outdoor cleanup on my weekends, and this weather freezes the muffins to the ground. Prying them loose is hard work. My

I’m Not Jimmy Moran.
I love my central character, Jimmy Moran. We have a lot in common. Both raised Irish-Catholic, both lawyers, both part Cent – wait, that’s TMI.

Hey Murray.
Forty seven years ago, in the early morning hours of March 23, 1976, a Tuesday, Denis “Murray” Collins crossed the veil. It doesn’t matter how

Drunk Celt Was Taken
When I was looking for a interesting email moniker, back when the Al Gore was inventing the Internet, which was just the string between two