To wrap up my posts about the trip and the research and my book, I thought I’d share some numbers. My trip lasted 10 days, including 2 days of travel. In those 10 days, I visited: 8 specific locations connected with events in my novel 2 wildlife refuges, where I walked 3 trails (I walkedContinue reading “Louisiana research trip: the numbers (and the end)”
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Louisiana research trip: the photos
What follows is a series of photos — just some of the photos I took — from my trip to southwest Louisiana to research the final details of my Civil War novel, Hagridden. While my book isn’t strictly, solely historical, it is set in a certain historical and regional reality, and what details echo historyContinue reading “Louisiana research trip: the photos”
Louisiana research trip: the beginning
A couple of weeks ago, during the last ten days of March, I used the funds from my Oregon Literary Fellowship to travel to southwest Louisiana to research the final details of my Civil War novel, Hagridden. I stayed in Cameron and travelled all over the region, visiting libraries and wildlife refuges, touring museums andContinue reading “Louisiana research trip: the beginning”
New publication
I have a new story online today, folks. This one’s one of the sentimental ones, a bit of a boyhood romp. (I took a break from the killings and the loneliness and the cannibalism. But don’t worry, I’ll get back to that soon enough!) So if you feel like reliving some version of someone’s childhood,Continue reading “New publication”
Kick your shoes off and wade right in!
That’s right, folks: The seventh glorious issue of Unshod Quills — and the first I had a hand in producing — is now live on the Internet! Lots of amazing poetry in this one, including a few by my pals Hosho McCreesh, Michael Lambert, and Patrick Bahls. There are also three killer personal essays (IContinue reading “Kick your shoes off and wade right in!”
March is the month of fiction
So, it’s been a whirlwind month this March. I have had five different stories published in the last four weeks, and two more coming out very shortly. So I thought, just so nothing gets lost in all the posts titled “New publication,” that I would collect March’s stories here in one post. “You Always.” Quickly AContinue reading “March is the month of fiction”
New publication
Do not adjust your browser. This is not an echo: I do, indeed, have yet another story out this month. And this time it’s not just a story: “Potato” is actually the first chapter of my novella, In the Pulse There Lies Conviction, up now at The Writing Disorder. I’m kind of in love withContinue reading “New publication”
New publication
Continuing in the awesomeness of March = Sam’s fiction, I have a new story out today. This time it’s in the very excellent Prick of the Spindle, which I’ve been hankering to get into for quite some time now. The story, “All That Is Given Will Return,” is about scavengers and marijuana dealers and giantContinue reading “New publication”
Instant replay
Oops! I was so excited earlier this week about my the excerpt from my Civil War novel appearing in SOL: English Writing in Mexico that I accidentally prematurely posted about it! What I linked to was actually my author preview page — the issue officially went live today! So if you haven’t checked it out, today’s a goodContinue reading “Instant replay”
New publication
Is it still March? Oh. That must mean I have a new story out. Yes, in some bizarre coincidence of editorial schedules, March seems to be The Month of Sam — or at least The Month of Sam’s Fiction. So far I’ve had two stories published, and today I add a third, in the seriouslyContinue reading “New publication”
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