I'm surprisingly good at being ignorant, and other lessons from the 2020 election.
Election day, 2020. Big day for people on both sides. Tonight, some will feel victorious, others defeated. I’m not a big fan of the...
writer, novelist, joyful human
Here's mine.
I’ve always been a writer, starting my first book at age seven in a spiral-bound notebook with a turquoise cover. It was full of histrionic dialogue, an imprudent use of exclamation points and the seed of the years of writing that would follow.
I write to understand; I understand and so I write. I am captivated by the labyrinth of the human heart and the use of words and stories to explore and heal the deepest places within us.
To me, writing is an art and a practice, a joy and privilege.
I live in the beautiful state of Maine with my wife, our two daughters and one incredibly happy chocolate lab. I have written two novels, The Silver Loop and Flight Path, both of which were shortlisted in the 2021 and 2022 Irish Writer Centre's Novel Fair and are waiting for the perfect publishing home.