Piecework  Newsletter

Volume XXVII, Issue One | March 2026 Some 30 years ago, two Colorado historians, an art historian, and I put together an anthology of Colorado literature titled The Colorado Book . Published by Fulcrum, an independent publisher based in Denver, the book has been out of print for some time. The two historians, Eleanor Gehres and Maxine Benson have passed away, and the art expert has moved on to other projects. That left me. A couple of years ago, Fulcrum chairman Bob Baron inv

Volume XXVI, Issue Four | December 2025 A distant cousin called me last month to tell me his mother had died. We didn’t know each other, but he’d come across a letter I had tucked into a Christmas card last year and thought I ought to know. She was the last of the McCauleys, once a large brood that I remembered from the summers we visited Grandma and Grandpa Dallas. Grandma was a McCauley, and she had seven brothers. (When I can’t sleep, instead of counting sheep, I’d try

Volume XXVI, Issue Three | Sept 2025 Although I’ve written five middle-grade books, I’d never thought much about the categories for young...

Volume XXVI, Issue Two | June 2025 The best thing about publishing a book—and the worst thing—is public appearances. I worry for weeks,...

Volume XXVI, Issue One | March 2025 Tough Luck , as I noted in the last issue of Piecework , is a book I wrote a long time ago, maybe 12...

Volume XXV, Issue Three | December 2024 I don’t remember where I got the idea for Tough Luck. I don’t remember when I wrote it. I don’t...