I really dragged my feet finishing this week’s Our Band Could Be Your Lit story, but I explained why over at the OBCBYL site. Of course, the story itself is about the difficulties of writing — and how obnoxious writers can be — so maybe that’s explanation enough. This is the penultimate story, folks, so checkContinue reading “New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #4”
Author Archives: Samuel Snoek-Brown
Small stone, Vol 2, #17
A long, long silence. Open the phone, close it. Check the ringer. Longer silence still. All this patience, all this waiting: such an exercise. Then, late in the evening with a plane passing overhead in the twilight, my wife calls to tell me she has arrived safe in the US. So close to home.
A Writer’s Notebook: Picking out the drapes at OBCBYL
So I’m winding up my run at Our Band Could Be Your Lit. I’m actually not sure if Ryan will be taking back the reins next week or the week after, so I might still be at this for another story or two. But I know I’m nearing the end. I’m sure Ryan Werner willContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: Picking out the drapes at OBCBYL”
Small stone, Vol 2, #16
Of all the blessings I have received today, this cat in my lap is the most rewarding.
New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #3
This week’s Our Band Could Be Your Lit story is about a dummy. Take that any way you want to. Also, Dentonites and especially my old pals from UNT: Remember Slobberbone? Yeah, they’re cool. I hope my story did them justice. You can check it out here. Related articles A Writer’s Notebook: Becoming a couch potato at OBCBYLContinue reading “New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #3”
Can Creative Writing Be Taught? (via Life and Art)
I tend to avoid re-posting articles like this one because this topic has sort of been done to death. Or so I thought. But actually, there’s a really interesting conversation developing on this post, and I recommend you check it out. Catching up on some reading yesterday, I came across an interesting item published inContinue reading “Can Creative Writing Be Taught? (via Life and Art)”
A Writer’s Notebook: Becoming a couch potato at OBCBYL
Actually, I’m that guy who drops by just to say hi, sticks around for a beer, points at the tv and says, “Oh, is this game on?” before flopping onto the couch, and then, some time around 11:30 at night when you’re yawning and changing into pyjamas and doing everything else you can think ofContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: Becoming a couch potato at OBCBYL”
Photo blog 55
“To the rescue.” Downtown and Mt. Tabor Park, Portland, OR, 13 and 20 May 2011.
New publication
I’m having a good day, literarily. A while ago, Midwest Literary Magazine accepted what is possibly my second-best story ever, and today, it finally appeared in the online issue. You can check out “A Few May Remember” — the opening story of my music-based story cycle, which is also making the rounds — in theContinue reading “New publication”
New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #2
I dragged this week’s Our Band Could Be Your Lit story out to the last minute again, but that Cast Spells song was tricky. I think it turned out to be fairly cool, though. You can check it out here. Related articles A Writer’s Notebook: Still sittin’ in at OBCBYL (snoekbrown.wordpress.com)
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