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 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 BioComing Soon!
My Debut Novel, Milksop
Coming May 23, 2026
This spring, my first novel, Milksop, will be published by Chicken House press. Check out the acquisition announcement! To learn more, check out my Substack post, “Today’s ODDity: I’m Publishing My Debut Novel. I’m 64.”
Pre-ordering is now widely available. For more on Milksop and how you can order a print or ebook copy, click the tab at the top of this page or this link.
Milksop is Evan Mulder’s coming-of-age story, both funny and sad, kind of like him. I think you’ll enjoy it.
The Latest from My Substack, Old Dog Dumps (ODD): Dispatches from a Journeyman Writer
In “Sightings of ‘Milksop’ in the Wild,” I explore how the title word from my novel has shown up in writing across the centuries.
Here’s a taste: “My ambition in publishing Milksop is to fully resuscitate this marvelous word. More than that, my novel aims to redeem ‘milksop’ and all those poor souls around the world who’ve been wrongly belittled by being labelled with the term.”
Warning: I’m prone to exaggeration and suffer from illusions of grandeur.
Happy reading! And as always, if the spirit moves you, feel free to share your thoughts and the post itself. Don’t forget to subscribe: it’s all free all the time.
