Recently, I needed to provide a headshot for a lecture description. While going through my various profile images, I came across this one for my previous photo project The Wordsmiths Project.. And, yes, those are the first paragraphs of my novel The Winter Boy swirling around my head. (Goodreads doesn't pick up the image from my blog. To see it, please go to www.grotta.net/blog.htm)

For The Wordsmiths Project. I spent a few years creating interpretive portraits of people behind the scenes in book publishing. It was a great adventure for me, and I got to spend time with some fascinating people. I was honored that The Wordsmiths Project. had its debut exhibit at the entrance to the 2007 Book Expo in New York City's Javits Center. When I have time, I'll share some of the portraits I created for the project here on my blog. The Winter Boy