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The Indie Spirit
This weekend I met Conrad Trump ,who was signing books at the Berkely Springs Apple Butter Festival. He’s published several short stories under the name Chapin Shaw Tucker, but he decided to publish his novel under his real name. Parisa is about an injured champion snowboarder from West Virginia who accidentally releases an ancient magical spirit. It sure looks like his home town is rallying…
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Publishing: The "How do I start?" Question & My Updated One Sheet
Publishing: The “How do I start?” Question & My Updated One Sheet
I got the question again this morning: “I’ve written some stories, but I don’t know where to send them. How do I start?” I think this kind of question is irritating to writers who believe 1) that they found their way through natural curiosity and love of literature, and 2)that they never sought short cuts. I get that, but as an educator it’s my responsibility to provide education, and…
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Sleeping as Lifestyle
When my husband and I married in 1987 we spent a year in our first apartment with a bed that was too small, so we slept head to foot, foot to head, mainly because Dean’s normal resting position back then was crucifixion style. Since then I think it is fair to say that our marriage has been a journey towards finding the ideal bed. My husband and I are a model couple who does everything perfectly…
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Lovers Leap: Marry/Fuck/Cliff, or The Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name
Lovers Leap: Marry/Fuck/Cliff, or The Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name
First Warning: this is bs I wrote after coffee. Apologies to scholars who have really thought this through. Second Warning: All the Spoilers, but you should already know these things anyway. In Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Final Problem” Sherlock Holmes and his arch nemesis Professor Moriarity fall to their deaths into the gorge of Reichenbach Falls, ostensibly during a struggle. Doyle’s intent was…
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Mean Bone First Draft
Mean Bone First Draft
Yesterday I committed to getting to the end of my first draft of the murder book I’ve been writing: The Mean Bone In Her Body. I knew what I wanted revealed, and I understood the consequences for the characters. As a way of forcing it, I labeled the section THE END, and then spent eleven hours composing something around 2000 words. That’s not even 200 words an hour. But I did it. I got to the…
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Brain Melting Quote From Alan Cheuse
Brain Melting Quote From Alan Cheuse
“When someone says they’re confused, they’re lying.” This is the kind of thing he liked to say, and that’s how I will remember him. He passed on July 31. We’re still receiving daily buckets of books for him to review. Alan’s tribute page here.
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Write What I Fear? Yeah, but . . .
Write What I Fear? Yeah, but . . .
Another one of those quotes rolled by in my feed–something about writing what you fear, and I think this time it was from Nadine Gordimer. I have always ignored that advice. I’m adventurous, but I write escapist fiction on purpose, and if I write something that goes beyond the visceral or seems original and deep, that’s an accident. My experimentalism is about pretty phrasing, too–I’m a…
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Go Set a Watchman and Reading as a Writer
Go Set a Watchman and Reading as a Writer
There is so much noise surrounding today’s publication of Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman that I’m sure you don’t need my contribution, but here’s my initial take anyway: whether this book is worthy or not, it’s presence accomplishes a particular transfer of experience–readers of the new book are reading as writers read. They are analyzing every element of the new work through the filter of…
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Here, have a logroll, they're delish
Here, have a logroll, they’re delish
Can you trust my book reviews? Probably not. When I look at my output on commercial sites like amazon or goodreads, it’s clear I rarely write narrative reviews for any author I don’t know in some capacity. It takes focus for me to distill my thoughts about a novel into a slim and sassy paragraph, so I tend to save my energy for signal boosting purposes. I don’t think I’ve ever written a glowing…
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Progress
The Path might not be a path Too many good things happening! 1) My former student/current friend Jonathan Harper's debut collection, Daydreamers…
That Time of Year Again . . . Wigleaf Top 50!
That Time of Year Again . . . Wigleaf Top 50!
That time of year again came even later this year, but the Wigleaf Top 50 (very) Short Fictions 2015 is live, and once again I’m really happy to have been on the reading team. This year, Mel Bosworth ran a tight ship as the Series Editor, and scored a real coup with Roxane Gay as our Selecting Editor. As always, this year’s Top 50 and the Longlist features exciting new authors alongside the usual…
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Novel notes: The first 10 pages
Novel notes: The first 10 pages
I know we have lots of anxiety about those first ten pages, especially when we’re looking for an agent or a publisher, so this may seem like counter-intutitive advice: You’re first 10 does not have to be high energy, crowded, or chaotic to “hook” your reader. Hooks are for yanking fish out of water just before you kill and eat them. Your reader isn’t a trout. How about assuming your reader has…
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holy moly, #pitmad is tomorrow, June 4
holy moly, #pitmad is tomorrow, June 4
As I’ve mentioned before, Pandamoon Publishing (the folks who will be putting out my next novel, and with luck, my next-next novel) are big fans of #pitmad and its offshoots. In an eyeopening post on her newly launched blog, P’moon CEO Zara Kramer offers some tips for participating in Twitter Pitch Party Season: 7 Questions to Ask to Know if You’re Ready for #Pitmad: The Twitter Pitch Party While…
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Check out my pandamoon pages!
Check out my pandamoon pages!
So tickled–Pandamoon Publishing has totally refurbished/rehabbed their site, and these are my pages!!! Because The Juliet is still in early production, some of my areas aren’t complete, but you get the idea. Under the 20 Qs (which is just the Top Ten for now), I panicked when asked about my favorite sport. I’m think of adapting the blog to be a better match to the main P-moon site, color and…
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the fiction of madness (Staycation 11, with theme)
the fiction of madness (Staycation 11, with theme)
I woke up this morning thinking of my mother’s roses. Or rather, I woke up remembering the two times her roses were destroyed. One time was when my sister was in the throes of breakdown, so she ripped up the roses, oblivious to the thorns that were shredding her arms and hands. Another time was when my great aunt, on the edge of dementia, plucked and destroyed every perfect bi-color bloom,…
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Staycation Writing Diary: Day Ten Experimental writing.