by Christopher Mirabile | May 31, 2026 | Author Life, Writing Craft & Technique
Memorial Day weekend means one thing to most people: freedom. The grills and beach chairs come out, the days stretch longer, and people generally become happier versions of themselves. It’s a perfectly reasonable way to think about summer.It’s just not mine.I live in...
by Christopher Mirabile | May 21, 2026 | Author Life, Writing Craft & Technique
People who haven’t read your book can teach you something important about it. Arguably something the people who have read it can’t. I’m in launch mode right now—a steady run of bookstore events, library talks, and author appearances—and the nature of...
by Christopher Mirabile | Feb 1, 2026 | Writing Craft & Technique
(Photo gallery at bottom) Long before I started writing fiction, I was walking around with a camera. That habit trained me to notice light, edges, and small telling details—the same raw material I now use to build scenes with words. Photography taught me how much of...
