So, first some notes: I’ve skipped a couple of weeks of the Writer’s Notebook, not because I haven’t been working but because I’ve been working on writing not really suited to the Notebook. I’m in a place right now where I have a lot of finished work I want to get into print, and itContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: query plot synopsis”
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Not really a new publication
Remember back almost a year ago when I wrote a little story based on Chris Van Allsburg’s “Uninvited Guests” from his book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick? It was for a Writer’s Notebook exercise,* and it turned out to be a lot of fun. Anyway, I’ve always enjoyed that story and I like revisiting it nowContinue reading “Not really a new publication”
Not-so-new publication
Back in the spring of 2010, I published a story in the online literary magazine Temenos. Later, they decided to select from their spring and fall issues to produce a small print anthology for that year, but time and budgets being what they are, it took a while to finish the project. I’d quite forgottenContinue reading “Not-so-new publication”
New fiction from Amos Magliocco
I love promoting the work of people I know, but here in the summer months most of my short-fiction friends suffer a dry spell of publications. Such is the nature of what we do: many of the venues that publish us are tied to academic institutions and therefore are tied to the academic calendar. SoContinue reading “New fiction from Amos Magliocco”
New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #5
I am finished. My run at Our Band Could Be Your Lit is, today, officially over. My last story is online now. I had a blast doing it, and many thanks to Ryan Werner for making me sound cooler than I am (with only one exception, all those titles were his, and like any good editor, heContinue reading “New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #5”
New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #4
I really dragged my feet finishing this week’s Our Band Could Be Your Lit story, but I explained why over at the OBCBYL site. Of course, the story itself is about the difficulties of writing — and how obnoxious writers can be — so maybe that’s explanation enough. This is the penultimate story, folks, so checkContinue reading “New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #4”
New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #3
This week’s Our Band Could Be Your Lit story is about a dummy. Take that any way you want to. Also, Dentonites and especially my old pals from UNT: Remember Slobberbone? Yeah, they’re cool. I hope my story did them justice. You can check it out here. Related articles A Writer’s Notebook: Becoming a couch potato at OBCBYLContinue reading “New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #3”
New publication
I’m having a good day, literarily. A while ago, Midwest Literary Magazine accepted what is possibly my second-best story ever, and today, it finally appeared in the online issue. You can check out “A Few May Remember” — the opening story of my music-based story cycle, which is also making the rounds — in theContinue reading “New publication”
New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #2
I dragged this week’s Our Band Could Be Your Lit story out to the last minute again, but that Cast Spells song was tricky. I think it turned out to be fairly cool, though. You can check it out here. Related articles A Writer’s Notebook: Still sittin’ in at OBCBYL (snoekbrown.wordpress.com)
New fiction: the OBCBYL project, story #1
So, as I mentioned in the last Writer’s Notebook, for the next month I’m sitting in at Ryan Werner’s music-to-fiction blog project, Our Band Could Be Your Lit. Today, the first of the new stories posted. Check it out. Related articles A Writer’s Notebook: Sittin’ In at OBCBYL (snoekbrown.wordpress.com)
Samuel Snoek-Brown 