I don’t write much poetry, but when I put lines down I feel fairly confident in, they’re always in the form of haiku. I feel like I understand that form, inasmuch as anyone can (the mystery and ambiguity of the form is one of the reasons I love it so). And, as regular readers mightContinue reading “New publication”
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. It’s been a strange year in blog posts for me. I was thrilled in May to get “Freshly Pressed” here in WordPress, for my post on Maurice Sendak’s passing and legacy. I wasn’t looking for attention — at least, not for soContinue reading “2012 in review”
Math in words
We survived the fake Mayan apocalypse, and though people still seem pretty worried about this fiscal “cliff” (slope) thing, I’m going to go out on a limb and say, what the hell, we’ll make it through that, too. I feel pretty confident, because 2012 has been the Year of the Dragon in eastern astrology, andContinue reading “Math in words”
A Writer’s Notebook: someone else’s writing exercise
I posted a blank page two weeks ago and, still exhausted from national events and from finishing a school year, I missed last week’s entry entirely. And with a whole new year just days away, I had thought about skipping this week’s entry, too, and starting fresh in January. But then this happened. A yearContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: someone else’s writing exercise”
New(ish) publication
People who read my blog a lot (no, I haven’t forgotten you, even though it’s been more than a week since I last posted) might remember my story “Lightning My Pilot,” which was in Bartleby Snopes back in September. If you missed it, don’t worry — it’s getting re-published by Bartleby Snopes: it’s just beenContinue reading “New(ish) publication”
A Writer’s Notebook: a blank page
Today, dozens of very young children and at least a handful of adults are dead in Newport, Connecticut after a singe shooter opened fire in the elementary school there. And I cannot write anything here today. I have a lot of things to say today, actually. And I’ve written a lot of them down. I’veContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: a blank page”
Interview with Marie Marshall, poet and author of Lupa
A while back, I had the excellent good fortune to have a really cool conversation with author, poet, and all-around cool person Marie Marshall. Happily, when I got tired of talking about myself, Marie was kind enough to let me ask her a bunch of questions, too, which I was eager to do. A poetContinue reading “Interview with Marie Marshall, poet and author of Lupa”
Jersey Devil Press will sneak up behind you undetected
December is a twofer: in addition to our special International Human Rights Day issue, Jersey Devil Press is also running our regular monthly issue. Except it’s anything but “regular” — this one’s another novella issue, and it’s a fistful of awesome! Why? Because of one stealthy, lethal word: Ninjas. Also: Football. That’s right. Ninjas andContinue reading “Jersey Devil Press will sneak up behind you undetected”
A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo 2012, dead and gone
Those of you who actually follow may have been wondering where I’ve been. What’s more, you’re probably wondering what happened to NaNoWriMo and the Writer’s Notebook. As for the latter, the short answer is that I didn’t finish, for the first time since I started. The longer answer I hinted at in my last PhotoContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo 2012, dead and gone”
Jersey Devil Press. Keeping it real.
Ordinarily, when Jersey Devil Press releases a new issue, our editor does the official intro on the website and I just spout off whatever I think about the issue here on my blog. But this issue’s special, and really, I can’t say much about it better than Mike Sweeney already has, so I’m just goingContinue reading “Jersey Devil Press. Keeping it real.”
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