The Drummond Diaries - 9/23/72: Liberal vs Conservative - If one's opinion reflects that of a conservative, we call him a conservative; if that of a liberal, we call him a liberal. But notice the effect: thinking in terms of binomial, linear, and opposing ideas is in effect admitting an inability to understand one's position in its entirety. Issues and attitudes are never so monochrome; they are tangled by the long, spiral web of personal and societal history. But when one's thinking is simplified the issue is made "clear." We don't notice that it is also denigrated and defeated before it is ever comes into focus. Thusly does each side fulfill the expectations of the other while remaining oblivious to the underlying reasons.

Writer's Digest Review of "The Ropewalk"

This is an ambitious and inspiring book, written by a philosopher-poet. The writer is clearly interested in the line between rational and irrational, primal and urban, male and female. It reminds me of Henry James at times and of William Faulkner at times, as well as Lewis Thomas and Sir Thomas Browne. There are sentences in here that are absolute poetry. The mysterious child, Sonya, certainly alludes to The Turn of the Screw, as well as Rousseau’s wild child. I am also impressed by the uncertainty of the narrator, and at times thought that the narrator might be that interesting fictional device, the unreliable narrator. The novel shows amazing potential.

Judge, Writers Digest Self Published Book Awards