Category: Writing

The meaning of Lost Creek Falls

[This entry will, of course, contain a bit of a spoiler towards its end. If you haven’t read Lost Creek Falls yet, I urge you to proceed with caution. –TmC] __________________________________________ There is a way I write which is perhaps not in keeping with the times. It certainly seems to me, anyway, that contemporary works… Continue reading The meaning of Lost Creek Falls

Why I Write (or: Working Under Duress: making art in times of COVID and other Anxieties)

There was a lot of talk among creative folks over the past year regarding being creative during a global pandemic. I saw it on social media all the time, with many saying they couldn’t create at all and hadn’t written or drawn or made their art in months. Others expressed hesitations or guilt over releasing… Continue reading Why I Write (or: Working Under Duress: making art in times of COVID and other Anxieties)

Some thoughts on “Dizzlemuck” eleven years later… or is it nineteen?

My first published novel, Dizzlemuck, came out in 2010, but had originally been written in 2002, as a satire on Bush’s “war on terror.” It was inspired in part, too, by the trip the wife and I took to Scotland in early 2001, where we were married. Driving through some rather wild and ancient Scottish… Continue reading Some thoughts on “Dizzlemuck” eleven years later… or is it nineteen?

Q&A for LOST CREEK FALLS

[Thanks to J. Haniver for recording and editing the following interview. –TmC] __________________________________________ Where did the idea for this novel come from? I’m not sure, actually. Its original composition dates back to around 2010 through 2011, I believe. I know I myself wasn’t particularly satisfied with my life, and with the general state of world… Continue reading Q&A for LOST CREEK FALLS