Welcome to my nascent blog.

First, about the name. I'm a writer, with some writer friends. One of my very best writer friends was talking about publication in a literary journal known as Glimmer Train, but he couldn't remember the name, and so he said something like, "I'll send the story off to Sparkle Boat, or whatever the hell it's called."

Since I really enjoy word play, this creative switcheroo really tickled me, and so, partly in tribute to my friend and his topsy turvy worldview and partly as an effort to focus on all things verbal, literary or creative, I'm naming my blog Sparkle Boat. I hope you enjoy it.