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Launching the Paperback Edition of “Later Days” …. A Story from the Heart & Funny Bone
I could talk myself hoarse thanking everyone who brought this idea to life
A Dying Friend Asked Me to Help Him Write an Apology Letter for a Terrible Mistake Still Haunting Him
And I book I'd never intended to write, and had no idea how would be received, have…
What a dream come true … my “Later Days” interview with NPR’s Suzanne Lang!
We talked about prep-schools and how they can mirror "The Lord of the Flies." We talked…
The Tree and the Voice and Writing a Novel
"Later Days" began when a brilliant, dying friend asked me to compose an apology letter…
From the Department of Unexpected: “Later Days” Wins General Fiction Prize at the American Writing Awards!
And, in another humbling development, it was also named Fiction Book-of-the-Year…
“The Lost Art of Album Release Parties” – Boomer magazine
We hustled into my room, nodding at the familiar, Jimmy Page poster on the wall, stoked…
The Liberty and Tragedy of Greatest-Generation Parents
Gazing up from our dining-room table that evening in 1969, my seven-year-old eyes began…
The Seeds of “Later Days” and the Ties Binding Our Two Main Characters, Denny & Luke
"Later Days" originated between the release of my debut novel, "Arroyo," and pandemic…
In ‘Later Days,’ Chip Jacobs draws on Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge’s past
"A diamond is formed through tectonic pressure, and I have felt that, whether it was…