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About Me

I served six years in the U.S. Navy before earning a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. I’ve held writing positions at a major daily newspaper, a Fortune 500 company, and a university-based research center. I edited the anthology “Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform” which features the work of Kurt Vonnegut, Tim O’Brien, Tobias Wolff, James Salter, Pinckney Benedict, Chris Offutt, Robert O’Connor, Gabe Hudson, Benjamin Percy, Amber Dermont, Roman Skaskiw, Zoey Byrd, Valerie Hamilton, Blaise Weller, Sarah Davis, Mary Akers, Tracy Crow, Kevin Jones, Hannah Huber, Bruce Overby, Peter Schilling, Tom Sheehan, Doug Frelke, and Max Ruback. My writing has appeared in corporate publications and websites and in The Houston Literary Review, American Skating World, the Tampa Tribune and Writer’s Journal. Currently, I live in Tampa, Florida where I’m completing a novel and lead a creative writing workshop for military veterans.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

My agent, my editor, and eventually, my readers.

But in the meantime, I also work privately with creative writing students who have served in the United States military, in some capacity, at some time. For more information on this, visit www.dd214writers.com or contact me through this page or via my email address [email protected].

My Blog

Remember D-Day on Saturday, June 6

Saturday, June 6 is the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Honor the memory of those who served by spending some time on the National D-Day Memorial Foundation's website: http: / / www. dday. org
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:58:00 GMT

Authors Honor Those Who Served with book to be released on Memorial Day 2009

From: http://www.pr-inside.com/authors-honor-those-who-serve d-with-r1223346.htmHome of the Brave: Stories in Uniform to help USA Cares serve post 9/11 VeteransTAMPA, FL Jeffery Hess served six years i...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 15:06:00 GMT

Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform

Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform is an anthology of military fiction forthcoming from Press 53 on Memorial Day (May 25) 2009.Writers included in the anthology are: Tim O'Brien, Tobias Wolff, Jame...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:14:00 GMT

The End of Baseball

Just in time for Opening Day, my friend, Peter Schilling, has a new book in stores now... The End of Baseball is a fictional reimagining of the 1944 season when Bill Veeck, Jr., fields the first all-b...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:04:00 GMT

Strategies for Revision

Revision, which is different from editing and polishing, is the opportunity to re-imagine and check your vision of your story. Consider craft elements: Structure Point of view Themes  Conf...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:40:00 GMT

Veterans Workshop covered in Tampa Tribune

The good people at the Tampa Tribune were kind enough to run a short article about the local workshop I'm beginning. The reporter was nice enough during our twenty-minute phone interview and despite t...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:30:00 GMT

This week’s sign of the Apocalypse ?

Is it just me, or is the following article an example (or is it a symptom) of how seriously fucked up the the state of literacy has become in this country? -------------------------- November 12,...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:02:00 GMT

Happy Veterans Day!

Thank you to everyone who ever wore a uniform. No matter the roles we played while we were "in" we should all be proud to have served. Happy Veteran's Day!
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:30:00 GMT

South Florida ranked in top 10 !

  It's hard to believe, but the University of South Florida, my "little commuter school" is ranked in the top 10 for college football. The USF Bulls are number 6 in the AP poll and numb...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:28:00 GMT

Tagged

I've been had. Usually, I ignore things like this, but there is no denying Valerie. So, for the sake of MySpace Kharma (or is that Karma?) I'll indulge her... The rules state: "Each player starts with...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:59:00 GMT