Saturday, October 21, 2017
Some things: The short story I mentioned in the previous blog post was “Ghosting” and it’s up on the publications page for its appearance in Non-Binary Review. My flash story “Feogin” placed in the Syntax and Salt autumn flash fiction contest. It will be published on 10/30 and I’ll update the link when that […]
This summer, I have been awash in the fiction world. At least, as awash as I ever get, which is probably a bit more like a Wet Nap dabbed lightly over my brow. In June, I attended Writer Camp in Indiana once more. Last year’s was so magical that I couldn’t resist applying, especially […]
Also filed in Conferences, Short Fiction
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Tagged "Lower Midnight", "Where She Went", Best American Short Stories, Dan Chaon, flash fiction, Jean Thompson, Lynda Barry, Paper Darts, Per Contra, Roxane Gay, Submissions, Where She Was, Writers conference
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I’m a bad blogger. For those folks who won the contest (Ainsley, who chose Black Clock; Angela, who chose a Narrative VIP backstage pass; and Dawn, who chose a subscription to the very wonderful Missouri Review), you should hopefully all have received your first and perhaps even second issues by now and are enjoying the […]
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Tagged Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen, awp, Barrelhouse, Black Clock, Bull, Chicago, Dan Chaon, Jean Tompson, Jennifer Egan, Kate Harding, Liam Callanan, Loretta Clodfelter, Lynda Barry, Margaret Atwood, Missouri Review, Molly Backes, Narrative Magazine, Pank, Paper Darts, Sun Yung Shin, Tom Williams, Wendy McClure
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Well, that was eye-opening! It seems that my question of why writers don’t subscribe to the literary journals they hope will publish their stories is actually not so simple. There’s really two issues: why aren’t writers READING the journals and why aren’t people subscribing to them. Let’s break down both sides of that coin. Marne […]
Once upon a time (actually, two times) I was the person who read your submission to a lit journal and decided yes, it was worth the fiction editor’s time or no, it started with an alarm clock going off so please no no no. I actually really liked reading the slush piles. It was a […]
This is Part One of a series analyzing the Best American Short Stories anthologies from 2005-2010. For part two, read “The top five best BASS markets for women writers (and five not-so-great)” I’m one of those creepy writers who are less right brained and more perfectly balanced brained. It’s possible that I have a […]
Also filed in Awards and Stuff Like That
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Tagged A Public Space, Alaska Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Antioch Review, Artifice, Best American Short Stories, Best American Short Stories Anthology, Conjunctions, Female writers, Five Points, Glimmer Train, Granta, Harper-Collins, Harper's Magazine, Heidi Pitlor, Hobart, HTML Giant, McSweeney's, Missouri Review, Narrative Magazine, New England Review, Ninth Letter, One Story, Oxford American, Ploughshares, Post Road, Prairie Schooner, Submissions, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Southern Review, The Sun, Tin House, Word Riot, Zoetrope
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School started last month and this semester I am taking a writing workshop. I just couldn’t handle the idea of taking another lit class (I only need one more lit requirement and then I have completed the credit requirements for my Masters) after the disaster of last semester’s Scifi class and also, my creative thesis […]
Thursday, December 7, 2006
The hotel rooms in New York are crazy! To stay in a hotel of the class I’m accustomed during my solo travels, it’s something like a gazillion dollars a night. And half of me wants to just pony up a couple of grand and hide in the Waldorf Towers all weekend and the other half […]
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
For some reason, I never really feel right unless I have a trip on the horizon. I think it’s a sickness. Or perhaps, a delightful personality quirk. Let’s go with that. About a month ago, I was invited to read a short story at a lit journal issue launch party in DC. The invitation came […]
Grades are in for the semester and I invite you to bask in the beauty of my new ‘Still A 4.0 GPA and Only One Year Until I Get My Masters’ shoes. Yes, I have nothing to wear them with and nowhere to go once I do, but damn, you have to admit that these […]