Blog / Essayist

  • I’ve had four dads in my life.
    My dad. Mahlon Boop. Adopted me at birth. Raised me to be a good man and to love God. I don’t know that I ever lived totally up to that expectation. Died when I was 19 in my arms. My
  • A Novel Update
    Over my career as an author, most of you know, I’ve struggled to finish novels. Since She Murdered Me with Science came out in 2008, I have only completed three, and one of those was a mosaic novel (Drowned Horse
  • Travis Heermann, my friend.
    It has taken me awhile to put any thoughts I have about the passing of Travis Heermann in some semblance of order, and I still don’t have all of it the way I want, but I’m going to give this
  • Grief Lies to Us
    I entered grief therapy in 2009. The year before, I lost three people close to me: two mentors, and one of my closest friends. My grief issues go back long before that with the death of my father in 1997.
  • Beacon of Light Radio Interview