Cold as hell today. A crappy way to start the meandering life. But I’ve got to start sometime and today makes sense to me. I’m allowing myself one backpack, although it’s a real hiking pack, so I won’t be short for room.… Read the rest
Crystal’s Voyage — Day 1. Arkaic, Michigan (home). Read More »
Every year or so, I’ve compiled a list of “places I’d like to live before I die.” It isn’t a particularly realistic bucket list… if you have to know a place in order to have lived there, I’ve lived in both Flint and Chicago for more than a decade, and I still make unexpected discoveries about both of these places.… Read the rest
Places I’d Like to Live Before I Die: The Final Edition Read More »
No, unfortunately I don’t have that first edition with the magnificent cover.
So here it is: Jim Thompson’s most famous and notorious work. I’m a little surprised I made it this long without reading it, but life is short and there is a whole lot to read.… Read the rest
Review: The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson Read More »
This morning I was invited onto Holly Baker’s show on Flint Talk Radio. The video is embedded below, if you’d like to watch.
According to the original description:
Host Holly Baker talks with author Connor Coyne about the gift of storytelling and how this gift can be used to help bring families together, keep family stories alive, and as a creative but less commercialized gift idea.… Read the rest
Connor Coyne on the Squeeze (Flint Talk Radio) with Holly Baker. Read More »
The praise has been overwhelming, but of course there are still haters out there. Is The Muppets a good movie? Is it good for nostalgia fiends? Is it good for children meeting this band of hippies for the first time?… Read the rest
Review: The Muppets Read More »
I wanted to post today, but I’m trying to crank out the new chapter of Shattering Glass and finish raking the leaves and mowing the lawn. So I decided to go for something simple. Here are some videos that had amused and delighted me in the last month or so. … Read the rest
9 Delightful Videos Read More »
This is the third and final installment of my photoblog exploration of East Village, Flint, the neighborhood where I grew up and where I now live again after being away for 21 years. The first installment — posted here — explored the area south of Court Street as well as Pierce Park. … Read the rest
Flint’s East Village in Pictures (3 of 3) Read More »
What is the appeal in loneliness? What is the attraction in sadness? Many of us spend a not inconsequential amount of time seeking out emotions and experiences which are not naively pleasurable. Nostalgia is one of the most accessible of these contradictions, and when I hear people use it, the word most often has negative connotations.… Read the rest
Kinetic Melancholy Read More »
Well it took me long enough! This is the second installment of my photoblog exploration of East Village, Flint, the neighborhood where I grew up and where I now live again after being away for 21 years. The first installment explored the area south of Court Street as well as Pierce Park. … Read the rest
Flint’s East Village in Pictures (2 of 3) Read More »
This will be the gathering place for all timely information on Shattering Glass, my second novel.
College is a strange new world. But it might be too strange for Samo, Ezzie, Marty, and Dunya. They’re just first year undergrads at the prestigious but mysterious Arkaic University, known for its site on the grounds of an abandoned mental hospital, and its curious technology that converts time into electricity.… Read the rest