First, some Hint Fiction news: My panel “Hint Fiction: Stories That Prove Less Is More” has been accepted by the AWP committee for next year, which means I’ll definitely be in D.C. and hope to see everyone there. Participants on the panel include contributors Michael Martone, Ann Harleman, Randall Brown, and Daniel A. Olivas. Also, [...]
Today, according to Smashwords, The Silver Ring has been downloaded 1,000 times at the site. What this means exactly, I’m not quite sure. Even though someone downloads it — and with Smashwords you can download a number of different formats — it doesn’t necessarily mean anyone is actually reading it (which, despite what some people [...]
I don’t know if this is real or not (you can never really tell with stuff on the Internet), but this just came to my attention — thanks to Josh Stoner via Facebook — and it’s hilarious.
Well, okay, maybe not quite the storm of the century, but yesterday a pretty bad storm passed through our area, knocking electricity out in a number of places, one of which was our place. I was at work most of the day, but my wife was home when the power went out, and the power [...]
In case you haven’t heard, literary agent Andrew Wylie, who hasn’t been happy with the terms publishers have been offering for e-rights, has decided to open up his own publishing venture and Random House (no doubt the biggest of the Big Six) isn’t too happy about the whole idea. What does this mean for us [...]
I heard about this from someone who heard about it on, I think, The Today Show, and yep, it is exactly what it sounds like: Candwich. I don’t know about anyone else, but I think this is pretty rad. I mean, it takes a genius to look at an every day staple and think, What [...]
Or so says Frank Sinatra, and I’m pretty sure he knows what he’s talking about. But anyway, this past weekend I had the pleasure of seeing Inception. As I mentioned before, this was the only movie I was really anticipating this summer, and it was well worth it. I highly recommend seeing it and plan [...]
My story “In the Land of the Blind” (which won the Chizine contest, like, a decade ago) is reprinted in volume one of Best New Zombie Tales edited by James Roy Daley. Really, it’s in there, as can be seen from the back of the book: Yes, that’s my name there, along with “Micro Award [...]
The new issue of Writers’ Bloc is live, featuring my story “Excerpts from the Journal of a Boy with Webbed Feet.” I’d normally link directly to my story, but the great thing about Writers’ Bloc is the unique layout for each of their issues, so I encourage you to check out the main page first [...]
These were just confirmed today, so I haven’t yet had a chance to contact the contributors who expressed interest in attending the events, but I’m pleased to announce that two locations have been secured for this November’s release of the Hint Fiction anthology. These were my first choices, and I’m very happy that everything worked [...]
