Mr. Segundo recently interviewed me in San Francisco, prior to moving out East. You can listen to the podcast here. Here’s Mr. Segundo’s roundup of the subjects we discussed:

The relationship of research to plotting, author character qualities and protagonist character qualities, Alabama, San Francisco landmarks, the Richmond District, emasculated men who live in restored Victorians, using simple character names, writing in multiple short chapters, contrapuntal searching, disappearances, beaches and sand dollars, waves and warning signs at Ocean Beach, surfing, photography, on how location influences emotional experience of character, days and calendaring, forensic artists, and the Year of Fog audio book.

Thanks, Ed!

Thanks also to Pia Z. Ehrhardt, author of Famous Fathers, for her mention of my story collection, The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress, in a recent interview on the Ploughshares blog. Pia’s “porn name” is Orpheus Orchard. Mine is Muffin Epson Downs.