Praise
"You have a way with words that creates the character in rhythms and tone, and I felt drawn into this world, and especially, this perspective."
--Elizabeth Graver
"My favorite aspect was the sort of alternative artifacts--equations, counseling center questionnaire, index page--that you scattered. The main character seems very well developed. This is a very unusual moment you're describing."
--Jen Guterman
"the ebbing and flowing narrator evinces an unpresuming, emotable fragility - a vulnerability that steers clear of solipsism, instead reaching gently outward, rubbing the back of the inner-artist we all guard so preciously. having set aside the ego that characterizes our contemporary literary milieu, ON THE BEAUTIFUL SEA asks us not for adulation, but for self reflection."
--Nick Courage Richardson
"It could be potentially overly-sentimental, but instead approaches the subject from a more disturbing (and interesting, I believe) slant. This, of course, is quite macabre, but also very effective."
--Christina Seremetis
"I must confess I did not know what to make of the ending, and hence, the point. I've been pondering the possibilities all week to no definitive conclusion."
--Amanda Martinez
"You have created a very rich relationship here."
--Marissa Matteo
"It's the kind of writing that stuck with me for a few days, which is a good sign. There are so many incredible things happening here--the cataloguing language, the astute details, author's personality and lives, dialogue, the actual writing itself. Truly an enjoyable read."
--Meg Gordon
"Wow."
--Erin Haddad-Null
"I enjoyed this very much--especially the tone and the rhythm of it. What does that mean, though, anyway? I liked the narrator's pomp and humor, his inclination to use big words and long sentences, with a dry kind of eloquence."
--Jessica Smith
Facebook