I’m a fiction writer and librarian based around the New York City metropolitan area.
I came to fiction after years of writing , focusing almost exclusively upon blues artists. I wrote about the songwriting process of blues artists on my site, Working Mojo. I also regularly interviewed artists and wrote reviews for No Depression, Blues Rock Review, and Blues Blast Magazine.
After the birth of my second daughter, I no longer had time for the relentless cadence of deadlines, so I pivoted to fiction, which I hadn’t worked with since my sophomore year of college. But which has much more forgiving deadlines. And which is a lot of fun! My debut story was published in October 2025.
When I’m not writing, I supervise the acquisition and organization of book and ebook purchases as professor/head of Technical Services at LaGuardia Community College, part of the City University of New York. After years in library administration and web services, I’m energized by working with the physical collection, while also learning how to integrate everything, print and electronic, into our discovery layer, where patrons can search for and find what they need. I learned that while I love to lead, I’m not an administrator, so I moved to my current role, leading a major area in the hands-on, day-to-day work of librarianship. This work is a perfect fit for me.
I’m also a long-time Linux user. For years, I wrote The Linux Setup, my collection of interviews with desktop Linux users about their Linux setups. It informed my book, , which teaches non-technical users how to use Linux for everyday tasks. While I no longer write , Linux, and free and open source software, is still a part of my life, something I use every day to do pretty much everything.
This site collects my writing around these areas.
I’m always happy with anyone about these interests, especially how they intersect.