What do I mean by “Reader-friendly fiction — smart, with heart”?

Dip into my work, and you’ll see. I write with one foot each in mainstream and literary fiction — along with the occasional elbow poking into genre. The resulting narratives — be they novels, short stories, films, or play scripts — are (I hope) immediately accessible, comprehensible, and engaging. . .yet they also reward “second looks” with new, unforeseen layers. My work is character-based and -driven; passionate and energetic; literate, yet inviting; and challenging, yes — but less in its language than in its ideas.

Narrative is how I make sense of the world — and try to make it better. Fiction is my faith, my religion: I live to write, and I write to live.

Please join me. . .