I know. That was the most tortured play on words I might ever have mangled. But I don’t care, because what follows it is cool: I got name-dropped on The Literary Underground‘s internet radio program The Unknown Show with Bud Smith. Hell, I got more than name-dropped: sunnyoutside press editor David McNamara and Bud SmithContinue reading “Radio hyped the literature star”
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Buy books for the holidays — THESE books
It’s been a book year in the Snoek-Brown household. I already posted about the book-shopping my wife and I did over the Thanksgiving weekend, but we’ve recently picked up several more books — some as gifts, some as door prizes, some as new purchases of our own — and yesterday, as I was straightening upContinue reading “Buy books for the holidays — THESE books”
The Jersey Devil got into the eggnog
The time has come (a few days late) at last, folks: the December issue of Jersey Devil Press is live. It was worth the wait. This issue includes a surprisingly heart-wrenching story about sentient vending machines, a pensive tale of a lost mother, a terrifying Lovecraftian horror story about a janitor in a mental hospital,Continue reading “The Jersey Devil got into the eggnog”
New review of Box Cutters
This morning comes with coffee, a banana, a little NPR… and a wonderful review of Box Cutters, over at The Small Press Book Review, by Alex DeBonis. The words undo me. The stories in Box Cutters, Samuel Snoek-Brown’s flash fiction collection, operate on the principle that what’s included suggests what’s left out, with certain pieces resonatingContinue reading “New review of Box Cutters“
Hagridden, forthcoming from Columbus Press
You’re reading that right, folks. For a few years now, a lot of you who follow the blog or know me via Facebook have been keeping tabs on my novel, Hagridden — maybe you saw some of the earliest excerpts from the NaNoWriMo draft, or you shared resources with me when I was doing research forContinue reading “Hagridden, forthcoming from Columbus Press”
Book shopping for the holidays
Rather unintentionally, this holiday weekend has been quite a book-shopping extravaganza here in the Snoek-Brown household. It all started on the night before Thanksgiving, when Kevin Sampsell — Portland author, publisher, and man in charge of the small press section at Powell’s Books — posted on Facebook that my chapbook, Box Cutters, had hit the shelves at Powell’s.Continue reading “Book shopping for the holidays”
More people reading Box Cutters
A little while ago, I posted a series of photos of my book — sometimes with the the people who bought it, sometimes in weird locations — and it was great fun! Since then, more photos have been coming in, so here’s another round of folks who’ve bought my chapbook, Box Cutters: BONUS: Today I gotContinue reading “More people reading Box Cutters”
IU Southeast Writing Contest Winners, 2013
I’m very proud to have judged the fiction section of the Indiana University Southeast Writing Contest this year. My friend Steve Bowman, who teaches there, recommended me as one of the contest judges, and I had a great time reading the submissions. My congratulations to all the young writers who sent in such good shortContinue reading “IU Southeast Writing Contest Winners, 2013”
People reading Box Cutters
I have some fantastic friends. By which I also mean readers, but what’s the difference? As far as I’m concerned, anyone who reads my work is my friend! On Friday, November 15, my chapbook, Box Cutters, began arriving in mailboxes (including mine), and readers/friends began posting photos of my book as it found all itsContinue reading “People reading Box Cutters”
NaNoWriMo update: Week 2
It has been a whirlwind week, y’all — my book got released, I gave a reading and lecture, I made it to the finalists list for the Million Writers Award — so I haven’t been able to keep up with the writing as well as I did the first week of November. I’m currently behindContinue reading “NaNoWriMo update: Week 2”
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