The Latest from Scratch Writing
The Scratching Post: The Polish Prophet’s Salsa and the Last Taste of Summer
Labor Day always feels a little bittersweet to me. Around Western Pennsylvania, it is the unofficial last call for summer — one more long weekend to fire up the grill, sit outside with friends, crack open a beer and pretend we are not already noticing that the evenings are getting shorter. Today, I plan to do exactly that.
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End of Summer Update from Scratch Writing Press
New books, live readings, a growing creative house—and what's coming this fall
Summer is winding down, which seems like a good time to look around Scratch Writing Press and ask a fairly simple question:
What have we been up to?
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Scratch Writing Media Kit
Author information, book resources, images, and media inquiries
Welcome to the Scratch Writing Media Kit, a collection of resources for journalists, reviewers, podcasters, booksellers, event organizers, bloggers, and anyone interested in covering my books or the work of Scratch Writing Press.
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Football Fan’s Diet: Turning Health Into a Season
A game-day approach to healthier habits, football, and having a little fun along the way
I've tried enough approaches to health and weight loss over the years to know one thing about myself: I'm much more likely to stick with something if I can turn it into a game. Preferably a football game.
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Across Pittsburgh: A Site About the Place I Call Home
Some websites begin with a business plan. Across Pittsburgh began because I kept finding things about Pittsburgh that I wanted to write about.
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Productions: Where the Experiments Become Something
For most of my creative life, the basic equation was pretty simple: I had an idea, I wrote it down, and eventually it became something somebody could read. Scratch Writing Productions is where that equation gets considerably messier.
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About Scratch Writing Studio
I started Scratch Writing because I wanted a place for my writing. Somewhere along the way, apparently writing books wasn't enough. I started building websites. Then came graphics, book trailers, live video, animation experiments, voice work, short-form video, AI tools, and an increasingly dangerous tendency to look at some new piece of technology and think, I wonder if I could make something with that.
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The Funny Newz: Officials Frustrated as Mojave Alien Monolith Cleanup Enters Second Year With No Progress
MOJAVE DESERT — Local officials say they have had enough of extraterrestrial developers dropping cheap black monoliths in the desert and calling it a civilization.
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Cool Filmz: Stargate (1994) – A Great Idea Lost in Space
Some movies are better ideas than they are movies. Stargate may be the perfect example. When I reviewed it for CoverUps.com in 2007, I was fascinated by its premise and frustrated by what it did with it. Revisiting that review now, I still feel much the same way: the portal remains irresistible, but the adventure waiting on the other side is not nearly as imaginative as the doorway.
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