Keynote speaker Reed Farrel Coleman and I at the 2025 MWA ConferenceMaryland author John DeDakis and I at the 2025 MWA ConferenceMaryland author Andrew McDowell and I at the 2025 MWA ConferenceB&B where I stayed for the 2025 Indie Lit Festival in Frostburg, MDMy room at Allegheny Trail HouseMy 2025 Indie Lit Festival book tableOther vendors at City PlaceGabby Gilliam reading, Bob Kunzinger and I listening (photo by John Burroughs)Lynne Schmidt and Zoe waiting to read (photo by John Burroughs)Reading at 2025 Indie Lit Festival open mic ((photo by John Burroughs)John Burroughs reading at 2025 Indie Lit Festival open mic (photo by Chuck Joy)Sky Stage exterior, Frederick, MDSky Stage exterior, Frederick, MDSky Stage entrance, Frederick, MDSky Stage interior, Frederick, MDSky Stage interior, Frederick, MDSky Stage interior, after sunset Frederick, MDCarroll Creek Park, Frederick, MD, near Sky StageReading at Manor Mill, 6/16/2025Reading at Manor Mill 6/16/2025Reading at Manor Mill 6/16/2025Kelley Dietsch Smith and I at the 2025 MWA Author ShowaseThe reading chairs at Manor Mill prose nightSome Manor Mill prose night participants2024 MWA Conference presentation2024 MWA Conference open micMeeting with audiobook narrator Craig AbbottMy book table at the 2024 Frostburg, MD Indie Lit FestivalMyself, J. D. Brayton, and R. David Fulcher at the 2024 Frostburg, MD Indie Lit FestivalAt an astronomy event, summer 2024.Set up for the 2024 solar eclipseAt my writing workshop with a cake celebrating “Penitence”At my writing workshop with a cake celebrating “The Belt”At an MWA author event, 2023Clare helps me writeClare and IKathleen and I on our 45th anniversaryKathleen and I, mid-2010’s.Kathleen and I, mid 2000’s