On the road to Taos
Some of the most helpful critiques I've ever received on my prose have been from a poet. This particular poet -- Lawrence Gregory. Lawrence has a real ear for voice [...]
Coming of Age in Apache America
It’s a cold March night in the high desert mountains of the Apacheria. The young Chihenne Victorio prepares for his fourth dihoke mission, the final apprenticeship he must complete [...]
Drafting off NaNoWriMo
Hats off to Chris Baty, founder of the wildly successful National Novel Writing Month! Thanks to Baty and his cohorts, November will never be the same for compulsive writers and [...]
Halloween book giveaway
Painting by John William Waterhouse, 1886, via Wikimedia Commons. Happy Halloween! It's that time in America when kids dressed as superheros and princesses in store-bought costumes come knocking [...]
Looking for Redfeather — Literary Fiction’s Spring Spotlight Award
Pleased to share the just-released review of Looking for Redfeather, recipient of Literary Fiction Book Review's Spring Spotlight Award. "Some teens are just unmanageable – getting crazy ideas and making [...]
Listening for Redfeather – free audio download
Storytelling isn't just for bedtime and this ain't Mom reading Good Night Moon. This is Aaron Landon bringing to life Ramie, Chas, LaRoux, and the many characters they meet on [...]
Coming of Age On the Road
Coming of age is a term that for me encompasses those years, those days, that moment in time when we realize we are alive -- that we are sentient beings [...]
The scatology of finding the heart of your story
Being a writer sometimes feels like a cross between an archaeologist, a nurse, and a sanitation engineer. To find the heart of your story, you have to be willing to [...]
It’s all about Theme
Characters hook us, plot compels us to turn the pages, but the theme of a story is what stays with us long after we’ve forgotten the details. Theme answers the [...]
Redfeather sighted at Book Expo America 2014!
For those discerning readers who are looking for Redfeather, the elusive book was sighted at this year's BEA, thanks to Foreword Reviews, a well-regarded book review journal that offers a [...]