Floyd the squirrel wouldn't exist without the fancy footwork and delightful words of one Donald O'Connor.

I mean, look into those eyes...

In Too Much Heaven, Petrichor is the Archangel of Rain whose current residence is an apartment that used to be a pasta factory on the edge of Little Italy, San Diego, 2017. Maybe it's because it's set in California, but I decided to have the narrator describe characters in terms of the actor they most looked like. It's like a meme-ification (is that a thing?) of character, in a way. Meme-ification may, indeed, be an actual word by 2018. The basis for Petrichor started with th

Because the squirrels of San Diego are fascinated by beat culture and fast cars, I knew I needed to find a mid-1950s to 1960s role model.

My muse, my mom.

Who put the WAM in the wam-a-lama-ding-dong?

West Side Story is a toolbox I go back to again and again.

The Ultimate Golden Boy for the Ultimate Angel Boy.

If Bess the kitten were a person, she would be Marilyn Monroe from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.