Don't Call It a Comeback

It's been a long time. Much longer than I expected or wanted. If you know me, you know my family has been dealing with a terrible loss, and we're just starting to get back into the normal swing of things -- though, of course, we're adjusting to a new normal. So, June was the most bittersweet of months. Anyway. Business as usual starting next week.

As always, thanks for your support.

Michael Witthaus on Black Tooth Grin: "Not a 'Meatheads' Only Book"

Read more of Mr. Witthaus' very kind review here.

Glen Boyd on BTG: "A Fast and Throughly Entertaining Read"

Read the rest of Mr. Boyd's review right here.

Me and Black Tooth Grin in the Latest Issue of Texas Monthly

Haven't seen what it looks like in print, but here it is online. I think my parents will be more proud of this than the book.

Random Sentence From BTG #3

"He'd wake up at midnight, roll out of bed, drag everybody down to -- what was it? -- Babydolls, the strip joint, for last call, basically, for breakfast."

Publishers Weekly: Black Tooth Grin is a "reverential but superficial chronicle"

But at least they spelled my name right. Oh, wait -- hold on. Scratch that.

(You can't say I don't post the bad ones, too.)

My Nephew and Darrell

There's a photo I didn't expect to see five years ago.