Folks, here’s the situation: the founding father and Grand Poobah of Jersey Devil Press, Eirik Gumeny, needs new lungs. Here’s the good news: Eirik’s on the shortlist for a transplant, and he’s within spitting distance of the hospital where they’ll do it once the lungs arrive. And his wife/JDP’s associate editor, Monica Rodriguez, is withContinue reading “The Jersey Devil has a special present for Mom and Dad”
Category Archives: writing
Writerly friendships
From time to time — not often enough — I’ve written about the importance of the writing community, of connecting with fellow writers and sharing work, ideas, even just support. It’s another thing altogether when, within that broader writing community, you find some genuine writer friends. Such is the subject of a wonderful three-way interviewContinue reading “Writerly friendships”
Changes to the website
Bit of an update to the website, gang. Nothing major, but I’m starting in on my reading season, so I’ve added a new Events page to the website — check out the menu bar at the top of the screen. And while you’re there, you might notice that I’ve replaced the Box Cutters menu linkContinue reading “Changes to the website”
AWP and some upcoming readings
I love doing readings, gang, and I have three three of them coming up over the next several weeks. And if you haven’t bought your copy of Box Cutters yet, you’ll be able to grab one at any of these events. The first is at AWP in Seattle. If you’re at the conference, you’ll probably see meContinue reading “AWP and some upcoming readings”
The Jersey Devil loves you in that creepy, awkward way
It’s that time of year, gang! When the stores are stuffed with pillowy heart-shaped boxes full of diabetes and the flower shops are spilling out into the streets and elementary school kids are covering shoeboxes with pink construction paper to hold all the little notes from their secret admirers moms and the severed heads floatContinue reading “The Jersey Devil loves you in that creepy, awkward way”
Robert Burns Night and a (cheap, fast) vegetarian haggis
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m part Scottish. Descended from Frasers from Fraserburgh; we still have family in Aberdeenshire. Yet somehow, I’ve never celebrated Robert Burns Night. Not officially, anyway. I don’t know how I keep missing out on this, but I do. This year, though, I decided to wade in and giveContinue reading “Robert Burns Night and a (cheap, fast) vegetarian haggis”
revenge of the scammed anthology fully funded
There are, as of 3 pm PST, still almost 9 hours left to contribute to the Revenge of the Scammed Anthology — and, if you’re interested, pick up a signed copy of my chapbook — but folks, we have officially helped out Edward J Rathke! The project has been funded and we’ve rescued a fellowContinue reading “revenge of the scammed anthology fully funded”
New publication — in the Revenge of the Scammed Anthology!
I’ve been hyping this off an on, but I have new news about it: The Revenge of the Scammed Anthology, a benefit book to help out writer Edward J Rathke, will now include a new story by me, written just for this project! So if you haven’t donated to the campaign yet, head over thereContinue reading “New publication — in the Revenge of the Scammed Anthology!”
ATTN: Indie Lit Community
Author Michael J Seidlinger has put together a hell of a list of indie-press awesomeness coming our way in 2014. I’m on this list (Hagridden is coming your way this fall, gang!), but so are dozens of other writers I know and love. What’s particularly cool is that Seidlinger also includes some announced anthologies andContinue reading “ATTN: Indie Lit Community”
“In this moment I want to allow myself joy.”*
The biggest lie I ever told myself about writing is that I had to hurry up and do it. Every time I sat down and thought about writing — and I don’t know why I put that in the past tense, because I still do it — I would tell myself the get the wordsContinue reading ““In this moment I want to allow myself joy.”*”
Samuel Snoek-Brown 