Actually, I’m close to finishing several manuscripts. If you’re asking me why I haven’t published another book of fiction since Naked Summer was released, that’s a complicated question with a multi-part answer. I taught university courses for a long time for not nearly enough money, which meant I also freelanced as a writer and editor to survive. That made it hard to find time to write. Becoming a parent didn’t make it easier, and there are other reasons, too. But I finally quit teaching, switched to a new career, and eventually made my way back. A Creative Renewal Fellowship from the Indy Arts Council helped.

I stepped away from regular editing work when I quit teaching. If you have a manuscript and want to hire me to edit it, we can talk—but in my time at literary journals and a small press, I edited some of the best writers in America (finalists for the Pulitzer and National Book Award, for example), so I’m not cheap.

Monthly company-owned comics? Maybe, if the editor is cool and the creative team is top-notch. I love writing comics. I love working alongside co-creators. I might be more useful writing a mini-series, fill-in issue, or standalone graphic novel. I like endings more than “to be continued” serialized fiction.

Many years ago, several agents requested the manuscript for what became Naked Summer, and they all said they liked my writing, but they wanted me to have a novel ready. At that point, I had not finished a novel manuscript that I liked. I may need an agent in the future, but that agent should know now that I will write novels and probably nonfiction, but I’m also going to keep writing short stories, comics, and maybe YA, too. Hell, I don’t know. I could write anything.