I’ve been the fortunate subject of some close readings lately! Last week is was a wonderful unpacking of three sentences from a story in Box Cutters, and this week, writer Jessica Standifird does some amazing things with a single paragraph from Hagridden! Standifird’s close reading is a “Paragraph Review,” a feature of Blue Skirt Productions. It’s a fascinating approachContinue reading “New (p)review of Hagridden“
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Borrowed Time, by Chad A. Clark
One of the things that fascinates me about Facebook is that, hiding behind all the selfies and memes and foodporn and political rants and vaguebook complaints, there is this weird but delightful secret world of writers groups. Seriously, they’re everywhere, and somehow, I’ve managed to become involved with fifteen of them. This is awesome. SomeContinue reading “Borrowed Time, by Chad A. Clark”
People reading Box Cutters in Powell’s!
Today I met up with my grad school pal Rima and some of her colleagues, who are in Oregon at a very cool NEH Summer Institute. And since we’re all of us academics (read: NERDS!), of course we met up at Powell’s City of Books. Everyone bought a stack of books, because how can youContinue reading “People reading Box Cutters in Powell’s!”
Hagridden has a cover!
It’s here, gang! Hagridden has a cover! I love everything about this, including the stuff you can’t see, by which I mean the conversations between me and the publisher as we looked at drafts of this. But my favorite bit: the clean font + distressed look = exactly the right combination of the book’s literary seriousnessContinue reading “Hagridden has a cover!”
Rougarou: Journey to the End of the Night
Didn’t you ever run so fast you thought your legs were going to fall off? You know, like when you were running towards the swings? Or running away from Satan? The neighbor’s dog. Or, in this case, the rougarou! That’s right, gang: come September 20, the residents of Columbus, Ohio, will be racing through the twilitContinue reading “Rougarou: Journey to the End of the Night”
The Jersey Devil loves a freak show
We have a brand-new issue of Jersey Devil Press, and it’s just in time for you to get your freak on for 4th of July! We have people wearing animal flesh, bloody murder for the throne of a back alley mob, haunted madmen on murder sprees, moth men, upside-down houses . . . And a rad woman on raging motorcycle for our coverContinue reading “The Jersey Devil loves a freak show”
New review of Box Cutters
Folks, there’s a new review of my chapbook, Box Cutters! This one’s by Elise Matthews, in American Microreviews and Interviews, and maybe I’m biased, but I think it’s a fascinating read. A lot of reviewers have paid a lot of attention to the “between the lines” stuff going on behind the stories, but Matthews goes theContinue reading “New review of Box Cutters“
5 character facts: the “special features” part of Hagridden
There’s this writerly meme going around. The rules: to share five facts about the main character from my current work-in-progress. I got tapped for this on Facebook, by the amazing Ally Malinenko, author of one of my favorite stories ever in Jersey Devil Press. Ally has a book coming out (very!) soon, the beautiful-sounding ThisContinue reading “5 character facts: the “special features” part of Hagridden”
A sneak preview of Hagridden
Apologies to people following me on Twitter or on my Facebook page, for whom this is repeated news. But my advance review copies of Hagridden came in the mail today. Please excuse me while I do a happy dance. It’s still the rough copy — it doesn’t yet have cover art, the blurbs are all stillContinue reading “A sneak preview of Hagridden“
On making a book trailer
I wanted a book trailer for Hagridden. I don’t know what good they do, really, and I might not have really worried about it at all, but just about the time my publisher and I were going over the initial proof of my novel, I saw the trailer for Leesa Cross-Smith’s Every Kiss a War.Continue reading “On making a book trailer”
Samuel Snoek-Brown 