I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m part Scottish. Descended from Frasers from Fraserburgh; we still have family in Aberdeenshire. Yet somehow, I’ve never celebrated Robert Burns Night. Not officially, anyway. I don’t know how I keep missing out on this, but I do. This year, though, I decided to wade in and giveContinue reading “Robert Burns Night and a (cheap, fast) vegetarian haggis”
Monthly Archives: January 2014
revenge of the scammed anthology fully funded
There are, as of 3 pm PST, still almost 9 hours left to contribute to the Revenge of the Scammed Anthology — and, if you’re interested, pick up a signed copy of my chapbook — but folks, we have officially helped out Edward J Rathke! The project has been funded and we’ve rescued a fellowContinue reading “revenge of the scammed anthology fully funded”
The wishing tree
In my neighborhood here in Northeast Portland, someone has put together a Wishing Tree. The tree is full of small nails, and there are two clipboards, one explaining the concept and the other holding a plastic baggie full of cardstock tags and a permanent marker. The idea is to take a tag, write your wishContinue reading “The wishing tree”
New publication — in the Revenge of the Scammed Anthology!
I’ve been hyping this off an on, but I have new news about it: The Revenge of the Scammed Anthology, a benefit book to help out writer Edward J Rathke, will now include a new story by me, written just for this project! So if you haven’t donated to the campaign yet, head over thereContinue reading “New publication — in the Revenge of the Scammed Anthology!”
ATTN: Indie Lit Community
Author Michael J Seidlinger has put together a hell of a list of indie-press awesomeness coming our way in 2014. I’m on this list (Hagridden is coming your way this fall, gang!), but so are dozens of other writers I know and love. What’s particularly cool is that Seidlinger also includes some announced anthologies andContinue reading “ATTN: Indie Lit Community”
“In this moment I want to allow myself joy.”*
The biggest lie I ever told myself about writing is that I had to hurry up and do it. Every time I sat down and thought about writing — and I don’t know why I put that in the past tense, because I still do it — I would tell myself the get the wordsContinue reading ““In this moment I want to allow myself joy.”*”
The Revenge of the Scammed
A while back, a fellow writer, Edward J. Rathke, got ripped off. Long story short: a guy hired him to write a book, wrote a fraudulent check, and wound up scamming Rathke out of his entire savings. So we in the writing community are banding together to help Rathke out — and get revenge on theContinue reading “The Revenge of the Scammed”
The Jersey Devil likes all the best music, even at our age
This month’s issue of Jersey Devil Press is all kinds of milestone-ish. Not only is it the first issue of 2014, it’s also the 50th issue. Fifty! It’s rare enough that any literary magazine makes it that far, but for a weird little online magazine that loves dick jokes and aliens that live on humanContinue reading “The Jersey Devil likes all the best music, even at our age”
Samuel Snoek-Brown 