Unretired Writer
Welcome! Thanks for stopping by. Here, you’ll find stuff and nonsense about me and my writing life. For 35 years (until July 1, 2025), I was an English professor. Now retired, my passion is writing short stories and novels (and poetry occasionally). Feel free to explore my work and how you might get your hands and eyes on it. I’d be happy, too, if you’d follow me on social media and subscribe to my Substack blog, ODD (Old Dog Dumps): Dispatches from a Journeyman Writer. It’s totally free and always will be. The links you need are below.
Full BioMilksop Is Here, There, and Everywhere!
My Debut Novel, Milksop, Has Arrived
On May 23, 2026, my first novel, Milksop, was published by Chicken House Press. Here’s the announcement.
Milksop is Evan Mulder’s coming-of-age story, both funny and sad, kind of like him. I think you’ll love it. Reviewers have called it all sorts of good things, including tender and hilarious at the same time.
For more on Milksop and how you can get a copy, whether paperback or ebook, click the tab at the top of this page or this link.
If you’re curious about the journey of Milksop from acquisition to publication, I’ve written about it in my Substack blog, ODD (Old Dog Dumps): Dispatches from a Journeyman Writer. You might start with “Today’s ODDity: I’m Publishing My Debut Novel. I’m 64.”
The Latest from My Substack, Old Dog Dumps (ODD): Dispatches from a Journeyman Writer
In my latest ODD post, A Month of Milksops, I ponder a milestone: Milksop turning one month old.
Here’s a taste of the post: “Milksop is one month old today. In book years, that makes him an awkward, insecure teenager. He wants people to like him but is deeply worried they don’t. Will he find his way in the book forest, or will he be lost forever, ending his brief shelf life in a book bog?”
Have a read, and if the spirit moves you, subscribe to ODD: it’s all free, all the time.
