

Columbine (briefly) 55% off at Amazon
The expanded edition of Columbine is 50% off at Amazon right now.
To be honest, I have no idea who sets the discount there, or how or why o


"Betrayal": Transgender Troops React to Trump's Ban
Writing "Betrayal": Transgender Troops React to Trump's Ban for Vanity Fair was the most satisfying thing I've done in quite awhile. It...


Buying expanded COLUMBINE edition outside the U.S.
I created a new Buy-Columbine page, with direct links to the expanded Columbine edition on several country sites, and more info on how to ma


Public reading in Brattleboro, Vermont next Monay
It will be the first ever sneak peek at my upcoming gay soldiers book. Then Q/A on "Soldiers First, Columbine and the writing process.


Streamlined web pages
I simplified several of the pages at my website (davecullen.com) so they will load faster and be easier to navigate on a phone. (The...


Itching to write? Here's THE guidebook
I just pulled out my version of Janet Burroway's, Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft. Decades into my career, eight years after...


Lolita, astonishing
How did I think Vladimir Nabokov devoted 300 pages to just an old man craving a 12-year-old girl? I'm 130 pages into Lolita and no...


NYC gets to work
1 a.m. Thursday night. Bike ride home, 8th Ave in Hell's Kitchen. I need to explore the city more on weeknights. It comes alive in...


When a shooting strikes
We had two horrible shootings yesterday. I can't believe there are people who believe that's a good solution — especially to a political...


A year after Pulse shooting, same questions (Vanity Fair)
Vanity Fair just surprised me with this tweet:
A year after the Pulse shooting in Orlando, V.F. contributor @DaveCullen's questions sti















































