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Coming soon … poetry chapbook!
Just a quick happy Friday announcement: In June I’ll be publishing Every wrong could be righted with a slow dance, a collection of poems. It will be a limited print-run, with each copy numbered and for...
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Interview with Matthew Quick
“When you write about mental health, you want to start conversations [that are] helpful in the community,” Matthew Quick says. “But where does your responsibility as a writer end?” Known for Silver...
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Anton DiSclafani on historical fiction
“The thing about writing historic fiction is it’s easy to see the character’s flaws,” says Anton DiSclafani, author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls and The After Party. “It give you automatic...
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Chapbook assembly station
The first 10 copies are being put together. Fancy red tape for the spines. Just need to find the right size stapler and they’ll be available to readers. Filed under: Books
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Q+A with horror writer Grady Hendrix
This story was originally published at mountainx.com. Grady Hendrix, author of Horrorstör (set in a haunted IKEA-type big-box store), returns with the 1980s-themed My Best Friend’s Exorcism. Of a...
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My blood and stars and everything: Gregory Alan Isakov on writing
I recently interviewed singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov for Mountain Xpress. He’s on tour for his new record, Gregory Alan Isakov with The Colorado Symphony. Read the full feature here. Greg is...
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Free audiobook resources
I love audiobooks. While I don’t wish for listening to books to replace reading books, I’m a fan of books in all forms. Just like the ebook revolutionized travel with reading material, audiobooks mean...
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Christine Hale publishes a masterful memoir
Originally published by Mountain Xpress Throughout her book A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice: A memoir in four meditations, Christine Hale recounts penning and reworking a novel. It’s a detail she...
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Four ideas to jump-start your fiction
This week I’ve been teaching flash fiction to middle-grade students as part of a creative writing summer camp. Preparing lessons and listening to the work they did in class (they were really good...
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Namesake: On christening your fictional characters
What’s in a name? If it’s your own — the moniker your parents bestowed before they ever got to know you – it’s either a blessing or a curse. Or you’ve changed it, legally or at least by reputation, to...
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Appropriation and fiction
This is what I’ve been thinking about lately: appropriation. It’s become a bad word (along with privilege). Racial appropriation, cultural appropriation. The taking of ideas and identities. And I think...
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Best tips for a bestseller
The following TEDx Talk is by Jonny Geller, literary agent and CEO at Curtis Brown. He makes some great points about the importance of knowing what a book is about — sounds simple, but it’s not always...
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To live a creative life…
Words of truth from Joseph Chilton Pearce. Hard to do, but worth trying. Filed under: creativity, inspiration, writer quotes, Writing
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The bad girl book club: My favorite inappropriate YA reads from my own...
When I was a kid, young adult literature wasn’t called YA. It was called Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret. Thank god for Judy Blume — I’m pretty sure I read everything she wrote (and, thanks to...
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Big news!
I’m astonished, honored, and so excited to announce that my novel, How to Talk to Rockstars is among the 10 semifinalists for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. The winner will be announced in...
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“The strange wistfulness of used bookstores”
We’ve all been there… Filed under: Books, inspiration, Writing
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Open letter to the universe (or one musician who shall remain nameless)
Album art from the 1980 album Waves by singer-songwriter Mike Batt I started writing this a couple of weeks ago, not necessarily intending to send it (because fan mail is inherently creepy, isn’t it?),...
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October (flash fiction)
Written while listening to Ourobouros Boys, live. The first thing you think when the leaves begin to fall is that it’s not really autumn yet. There are so many leaves that the few lost will never be...
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Poetry for a moody Monday
I haven’t posted much poetry here, but I’m collecting pieces for a future chapbook and so it seems like a good time. This particular piece, dealing with the darker aspects of love, will also be part of...
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