I can’t believe I’m about to do this, but here it is: I’ll be participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. My trepidation is not for lack of interest — I love NaNoWriMo. My first outing resulted in the first draft of my novel Hagridden, which in turn led to my Oregon Literary Fellowship and aContinue reading “National (I don’t have time for) Novel Writing Month”
Author Archives: Samuel Snoek-Brown
New publication
I have a new story online today, gang. It’s called “Please Know Our Loving Thoughts Embrace You,” and it’s a love story, a classic romantic tale of boy-meets-corpse. No, seriously. And before you all start frothing at the mouth in Walking Dead glee, no, it’s not a zombie story. And no, you more twisted horrorContinue reading “New publication”
Words everywhere
What a week in literature! This past Tuesday, my wife and I went to see Salman Rushdie speak as the inaugural writer in this year’s Portland Arts & Lectures series. I’ve heard him on the radio several times and I’ve enjoyed his appearances on The Daily Show, so I knew the guy was not onlyContinue reading “Words everywhere”
Jersey Devil Press turns four
It’s that time again, gang: Jersey Devil Press’s latest issue is out! And it’s our fourth anniversary! Whether it’s two best friends slowly poisoning themselves to death, or a blind painter taking instructions from an imaginary dragon, or a stranded cyclist drinking water with a coffin-dweller and jamming to interstellar music, or a family hauntedContinue reading “Jersey Devil Press turns four”
Look ma! I’m on TV!
That’s right, folks: earlier this summer — on June 18, to be precise — I was on the local TV program Arts Alive, based in McMinnville, Oregon. Host Lynda Phillippi invited me on to talk about my Civil War novel Hagridden and the research trip I took to Louisiana. It was a great conversation, duringContinue reading “Look ma! I’m on TV!”
I’m notable!
Several weeks ago, I announced here on the blog that Nathaniel Tower and the other excellent folks at Bartleby Snopes had nominated my story, “Lightning My Pilot,” for the storySouth Million Writers Award. (Actually, the story got nominated twice — my wife got there first, with a reader nomination.) Today I got an email from theContinue reading “I’m notable!”
New publication
I’m an ingredient in a drink, y’all! As of today, my story “Have Love, Will Hurt” appears in the August/September print issue of The Rusty Nail, which is both my father’s favorite cocktail and a kick-ass literary magazine. This story is one of the fun ones, too. Not because of the content (a guy falls in love with aContinue reading “New publication”
BER-nee, Texas
Several years ago, my wife and I were on our first trip to Prince Edward Island, in the Canadian Maritimes. One evening, we decided to attend a “murder mystery” dinner theater, just for fun, and got to chatting with one of the actors. This guy was playing (or maybe was in real life) an over-the-topContinue reading “BER-nee, Texas”
Reel librarian giveaway!
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My, how time flies! This week, we celebrate the second anniversary of Reel Librarians. 😀 And even though we turn two, there have been a lot of firsts and milestones this year, including: Responding to readers’ questions in this Q&A post Throwing down the gauntlet in a reel librarian trivia challenge…
There’s nothing but time here
This afternoon I heard the familiar knock and rattle of our mailbox and stepped onto the porch to collect the mail. We had a flier from The Container Store and a tightly bundled parcel of coffee beans from an old friend down in Austin. But what caught my attention was the quiet rain shower mistingContinue reading “There’s nothing but time here”
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