Man is this blog dusty! The neglect isn’t willful, I assure you. The thing about being a working writer is, well, work. That combined with the fact that there’s life outside the internet that demands your time. In any case, I’m chuffed that my story “Meh Teh” has appeared in The Colored Lens . The title is a Himalayan word for what westerners call “yeti.” As with most of my fiction, however, there’s a deeper story. And deeper stories often involve belief. It’s funny how easily religion can turn off a conversation. Yet, I was recently at a book festival where several of the more successful authors I met were quite open about their religious convictions. Perhaps it’s hiding in plain sight. Like a yeti. I have to admit that I’ve never been to Nepal, or even India. I made it to a corner of Asia once in my youth, but I like writing about places I imagine. I recall studying maps as a child so th...
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