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BLOGS
Work - 2012 TO 2017
NONFICTION
2021 - column - This Is Your Brain On French - Learning new languages.
2020 - column - Richard's Eyeglasses Prescription - Things you find in used books.
2019 - column - Richard Mason: The Hero of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre - One of my favorite books.
2019 - column - Hollywood, Class of 2001 - I try not to think about this stuff.
2019 - book review - Book Review: Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith - Took me almost 40 years to write this.
2019 - column - For Caleb: Sometimes at church - My boys.
2019 - column - What is good journalism? - One journalist's opinion.
2019 - column - For Caleb: Impact Letter: Silent Shock - This is for Caleb.
2018 - column - For Caleb: Nothing Inappropriate Ever Happened - Unless you count the following.
2018 - column - Testing for food allergies as one explanation for chronic abdominal, chest and digestive pain. - My opinion.
2018 - column - For Caleb: Why Am I Calling Him Caleb? - Sadness.
2018 - column - For Caleb: Getting Married - There's a lot to do before even discussing it.
2018 - column - For Caleb: The Music Videos Of My Life On Earth - Remembering the future.
2018 - column - For Caleb: Re-Raising Our Children - Tread carefully between mothers and their children.
2018 - column - For Caleb: Time To Grieve - Agony.
2018 - column - When - What to do. What to do.
2018 - column - Time For The Critics - The inevitable, along with death and taxes.
2017 - column - Tears, Fashion, And Vietnam - Thoughts while waking up.
2017 - column - A Few Words About Cerebral Palsy - Just a few.
2017 - column - The Skeleton Of The Novel - That moment when I do my victory dance.
2017 - column - Second Draft - I've hardly ever written about my writing process. This is what a second draft goes through.
2016 - column - Los Angeles: The Color Of Blood - Someone I think about often.
2016 - column - Paris: A Good Fit? AKA: Welcoming Committee - hoping to get along well with Parisians.
2016 - column - Martin - thoughts while falling asleep.
2016 - book review - Vous n'aurez pas ma haine by Antoine Leiris - about loss.
2016 - column - The Missing Hotel - Had the hotel faded into the past?
2016 - column - Breathing - The sadness of loss.
2016 - column - A Journalist In Paris - Life and death.
2016 - column - The Girl Near The Window - Thoughts while sitting in a cafe in Paris.
2016 - column - Waterloo - That subjunctive wedding again.
2016 - column - Amazing Grace - Remembering.
2015 - column - A World Based On Sound - My first choice for a career.
2015 - column - A Moderate Recolleging - No, recolleging is not a word. I think it should be.
2015 - column - Eleven - Flashback to severe distress and suffering.
2015 - column - Celebrating Me - My truth.
2015 - column - Listen - Remembering.
2015 - column - Alone At The Renaissance Faire - Memories of an interesting day.
2015 - column - Falling In Love - How it happened.
2015 - column - Charlie - Was I just seeing things? My senses tell me this was real.
2015 - column - Some Sunny Day - Yet another perfectly-timed message.
2015 - column - Birthday - Messages from beyond.
2014 - column - How Coffee Might Have Been Invented - A whimsical theory.
2014 - column - The Development Of A Coffee Snob- From suspicion to love.
2014 - column - When I First Tasted Coffee - Ew.
2014 - column - The Awesomeness Of Espresso Con Panna - Deliciousness.
2014 - column - Chiquitita - The subjunctive, demonstrated in story form.
2014 - column - Love At First Smile - That moment.
2014 - column - An Abstract Loss - All losses are grieved.
2014 - column - Return To Los Angeles - A place of comfort.
2014 - columns - Slander, Stalking, and Harassment - Self-explanatory.
2014 - column - Event Horizon - The edge of a new world.
2014 - column - Proprietary - An important part of being a business owner.
2013 - article - A Very Brief History Of Hospice Care - Just a little introduction.
2013 - column - Photographs - Remembering a funny, friendly lady.
2013 - column - Moment - One of my favorite moments in this lifetime.
2013 - film review - Film Review: Somewhere In Time (1980) - Written in memory of Richard Matheson, who died on June 24, 2013.
2013 - book review - Book Review: Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson - Written in memory of Richard Matheson, who died on June 24, 2013.
2013 - column - Set List - The most valuable part of an expensive evening.
2012 - film review - Film Review: Midnight In Paris
2012 - column - Summertime - What I think about on the first truly hot day of every year.
2012 - column - Gone - I was told not to look, but I did.
2012 - column - Twins - They told me I might have twins.
2012 - film review - Film Review: Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You - The definition of a renaissance man.
2011 - article - Profile: The New York City Department of Buildings - Who takes care of the buildings?
2011 - book review - Book Review: 84, Charing Cross Road
2011 - DVD review - DVD Review: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Live At Montreux
2010 - film review - Film Review: Pollyanna
2010 - article - The Return of Victoria Magazine - Happiness.
2010 - article - John Gunther: A Brief Biography - One of my role models.
2010 - article - A Brief History of Print Journalism - From the middle ages to the computer age.
2009 - column - Vladivostok - Figuring out a recurring dream.
2008 - column - The Summer Of Siberia - The story behind A Shadow In The Fog.
2007 - column - Life Without SRV - Something was missing from the concert.
2006 - column - The Drive - Napa Valley at night.
2006 - column - Beauty - The pros and cons of beauty.
2005 - column - The Psychology Of The Main Street Electrical Parade.
2004 - column - Influences - My literary influences.
2002 - column - Wine Club Etiquette - A few tips on enjoying your membership.
2001 - article - Job Seekers Make Their Way To Job Fairs - Napa Valley Register
2001 - article - Napa Attorney A Man Of The World - Napa Valley Register
2000 - column - What I've learned from six years of membership in Romance Writers of America
2000 - article - Napa dentist called to fix cheetah’s teeth - Napa Valley Register
1996 - article - Caring for babies with special needs - Pathways to Health
1984 - article - Comedian Klein sets off sparks in routine - The Franklin
NOVELS
These are works of fiction. The contents are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, places, things or events is coincidental or unintentional.
2017 - 2024 - Martin, Revisited - A novel about the love of my life and our subjunctive children.
NOVELLAS
These are works of fiction. The contents are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, places, things or events is coincidental or unintentional.
2000 - Lost In Time - Prologue - Will Jane be able to return to her past?
SCREENPLAYS
These are works of fiction. The contents are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, places, things or events is coincidental.
2008 - St. Petersburg
SHORT STORIES
These are works of fiction. The contents are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, places, things or events is coincidental.
2023 - A Safe Place - Where we can be what we want to be.
2022 - A Few Doors Down - Will his note bring about the desired result?
2022 - Going Home To Russia - Searching for peace after trauma.
2022 - A Name In The World - Taking pride in one's work, the joy of craftsmanship, and a little love story.
2019 - short story - Discovering Infinity - That moment.
2019 - short story - All Times The Same - Mindful living.
2019 - short story - The Golden Lights - Question everything.
2019 - short story - The Strategy Of Hope - Sportsmanship.
2019 - short story - This Is Siberia - Looking for some peace and quiet.
2018 - short story - In A Different Life When I Could Still Eat Spaghetti - Ending an abusive relationship.
2018 - short story - Gripe Be Gone - The threat of world-wide happiness.
2016 - The First Time - Courting and marrying.
2016 - Letting In The Light - part three of the Alley Cat series.
2016 - The Return Of Baker - part two of the Alley Cat series.
2015 - Alley Cat - Dealing with PTSD - part one of the Alley Cat series.
2014 - The Kids - The singular joys of being a parent.
2013 - Only One Love - They are only five years old, but they will remember each other forever.
2012 - The Conversation - A husband and wife discuss how they met.
2012 - Free Coffee (a short story) - Bickering among co-workers.
2012 - Dying In Paris - Finding comfort among friends.
2011 - The Apple Inn - Imagining the future.
2011 - A Different Configuration - About dreams and friendship.
2011 - King To B2 - One band's history.
2011 - Death Is Like Paris - Adapting to a major change.
2010 - The Englishman - Reflections on a changing friendship.
2008 - Bigger Than Russia - Trying to take an evening class or two without being interrupted.
2007 - A Shadow In The Fog - Trying to get the Russian-language edition of Pravda.
2006 - Jacob Singing - What kind of day is it going to be?
2006 - I Am the Music - A mysterious disappearance near California’s Highway 5.
2004 - Wonderful World - This could happen. Hm ... well ... maybe not the part about being rescued by aliens.
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