“A light in the dark.” Portland, OR, Halloween night 2012.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Sandy storm relief
This week, I’ve been getting back into the hard, eye-numbing work of researching literary agents with whom I might like to work. Most of them are based in New York and are, either literally or very nearly literally, under water right now. So are a lot of publishing houses, a lot of writers, and some of myContinue reading “Sandy storm relief”
I am one lovely
I’m such a sucker for these things. I just love knowing that people who read this stuff appreciate me as much as I appreciate all the stuff I read. It reminds me that we’re all in this together, reading and writing. 🙂 So, huge thanks to Yawatta Hosby for throwing my name into the One Lovely BlogContinue reading “I am one lovely”
The last of the conversation with EJ Runyon
Originally posted on E.J. Runyon's Author Blog:
As a run up to National Novel Writing Month for 2012, we’ve been talking to writer, Samuel Snoek-Brown, my guest for the past three weeks. He wrote a short story that really caught me, and we’ve been deconstructing it and discussing it’s structure. I seriously recommend…
A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo prep and notecards
Yes, once again, National Novel Writing Month is just around the corner. Yet I wasn’t entirely sure I was going to participate this year. I had a great idea for a novel, but I’m not yet into it enough to plow through a rapid-fire month of 1,700 words a day. Plus, I’m teaching more this year andContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo prep and notecards”
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More conversation with EJ Runyon
Originally posted on E.J. Runyon's Author Blog:
AS I INTRODUCED last week, I read an online story by my guest, Samuel Snoek-Brown recently. And it touched me so much, I re-blogged it on my site here. Here’s a link to it: Lightning My Pilot. I really thought so highly of it that,…
The fiery death of Big Tex
Yesterday, an icon became ashes and dust. Big Tex, the gigantic cowboy who loomed over sixty Texas State Fairs, burned to the ground on Friday morning. This isn’t about writing or teaching, but it is about Texas, where I grew up and where a lot of my writing still gets set. And the fiery deathContinue reading “The fiery death of Big Tex”
A Writer’s Notebook: haiku at moonrise
A few weeks ago, I attended the O-Tsukimi moonviewing festival at the Portland Japanese Garden. Among the various activities at the festival, the organizers had laid out small handmade notebooks and pens for us to write haiku about the moon. These are my haiku. Weathered paper moon floats, a child’s folded boat — unsinkable light.Continue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: haiku at moonrise”
Samuel Snoek-Brown 