SAVING ATLANTIS
My latest film, co-directed with Justin Smith,
is now available on Hulu, Amazon Prime, iTunes and more.
My novel Vintage, published by Simon & Schuster, has been called “spellbinding” and a “must read.”
This documentary, co-directed with Scott Wright, is now available on Hulu and IMDB-TV.
My novella @SharkGirl79 was recently published in Failbetter.com. Read it online for free.

The Dilettante’s Field Manual
This series of posts and profiles digs into the creative process, the intersection of art and money, the joys of dilettantism and how to embrace your inner amateur. I’ll also profile artists I know whose work and attitude toward their craft I find inspiring.
FROM THE BLOG…

Place & Story & COVID
After six months of COVID and social distancing, staring at the same four walls of my newly rearranged and then re-cluttered home office, I’ve learned how lucky I am to live in a place where wilderness is a short drive away. We all need our “panic hole,” as Jim Harrison termed it…a wild space insideContinue reading “Place & Story & COVID”

What my dog teaches me about writing
Maggie is the best trail dog because when you’re in the woods with her she wanders with a specific sense of aimlessness that is instructive for writers. For a dog, a walk in the woods is high art. She follows the twin muses of her nose and curiosity. She engages in prolonged tangents during headlongContinue reading “What my dog teaches me about writing”

To Japan
I never planned to go to Japan. It wasn’t an accident, just somebody else’s idea. That somebody else was my daughter. I’m in the fortunate position of writing and making films and media for a living. And sometimes I get to travel to wonderful places and tell stories about interesting people. I fall in loveContinue reading “To Japan”