Ryan Werner, who is great at titles, has a new book coming out from the press I work for, Jersey Devil Press, who are great at being awesome. Shake Away These Constant Days officially releases one month from today, on September 25, so for the next 30 days, Ryan and JDP are doing some thingsContinue reading “Shake Away These Constant Days”
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Photo blog 95
I’m in Texas the next two weeks, and while I’m here, I thought I’d drive around some of my old haunts and photograph places that turn up in my Texas fiction. I did a little of that when I was last in Texas, back in April 2012. That’s when I took these photos. They relateContinue reading “Photo blog 95”
On chapbooks
So, last week, as I was posting here looking for a title for my new chapbook, I was also trawling Facebook for title ideas and a friend of mine asked what a chapbook even was. She even apologized for being “just too lazy to Google it.” Which was totally cool with me — we’ve allContinue reading “On chapbooks”
I’m the Story Star of the Day!
How fantastic is this! A long while ago, I posted my whimsical little children’s story “The Escutcheon Plates Between Us” at StoryStar.com, and today, over on their Facebook, they’ve named me their Story Star of the Day! Just because it’s my birthday! (And, okay, maybe because the story is good, too.) I’m just thrilled toContinue reading “I’m the Story Star of the Day!”
“Life Among Giants,” by Bill Roorbach
(As with so many of my reviews, this is available on Goodreads as well, but I wanted to share it here, too, because it’s a book worth sharing.) Bill Roorbach is an artist of the human heart, but as a writer, he is pure craftsman. You can see the workmanship in his prose the wayContinue reading ““Life Among Giants,” by Bill Roorbach”
Dora says, “My body is not your battleground!”
Today marks the launch of Lidia Yuknavitch‘s new novel, Dora: a Headcase, the follow-up to her much-lauded memoir The Chronology of Water. To celebrate the launch, Lidia has decided to promote body image awareness and women’s rights issues through a viral photo campaign on her Facebook page. Here’s the explanation in her own words: theContinue reading “Dora says, “My body is not your battleground!””
Photo blog 91
“Reading between the tiles.” Literary pun graffiti in the bathroom during the Unchaste Reading literary event at the Jack London Bar, Portland, OR, 16 July 2012.
Meanwhile, as I sit here writing… (plus, Photo blog 89, sort of)
Some observations from the past several days: I just finished a story. When I started it, half of me wanted it to be a piece of flash fiction, and the other half wanted it to be a novella. The first draft wound up being 5,200 words. I met myself in the middle. Having this blog,Continue reading “Meanwhile, as I sit here writing… (plus, Photo blog 89, sort of)”
I love the smell of freshly-printed Internet
One of the things I love about writing and publishing is the community of writers and publishers I get to participate in. That includes the terrific magazines, reviews, and journals I’m in, because I’m a reader, too, and I publish in the places I love to read. And I am an editor — I didContinue reading “I love the smell of freshly-printed Internet”
Jac Jemc’s “My Only Wife”
Forgive my repetition: this review of Jac Jemc‘s My Only Wife is the same as the one on my Goodread’s account. But I loved this novel so much I wanted to share it here as well. This slim novel simply swept me away. I had the good fortune to pick it up at a readingContinue reading “Jac Jemc’s “My Only Wife””
Samuel Snoek-Brown 