Bits...

- The review from One magazine was outstanding. I don't know if I could have asked for anything better. I'm at a loss for words for what it did for my drive to write, but I'm definately writing more right now, including book reviews for the magazine. Check out the next issue for my review of Bukowski's "Factotum" and also a short piece on the Iowa skating scene. The book reviews will be a regular, steady gig for me.

- I'm currently working on a short piece for a magazine's upcoming political issue. It's a fictionalized version of a trial I recently covered regarding wartime bidding and how deals were made in Kuwait regarding government contracts near the invasion of Iraq. It's probably the most sophisticated piece of fiction I've written to date.

- The novel keeps chugging along, slowly, yet surely. I'm timid in certain points and get blocked, so that prevents me from writing on it on a regular basis. Still, I am confident where it is headed and what I have so far. Maybe I just need to put my ass in the chair and get moving along.

- All things considered, my life is very copasetic right now. Great things have fallen into place all around me and many endeavors are paying off it bucketloads. I hope the same is true for everyone else out there.

- The one-year anniversary of A Constant Suicide coming up, so stay tuned to the blog for the year re-cap and tales from some of the interesting and great things that have happened to me since May 15, 2007.