I live in what may be the BEST place in the U.S. for literary events. I’ve traveled all over for readings and book launches, and only New York and Seattle […]
Antler Review: January
January went on fucking forever, didn’t it? I felt like I had many hours in which to read, though I’ve been busy as hell. There’s been some kind of time […]
Take the Last Plane to Kirksville
I’m on my way to Kirksville, Missouri in about a week. I’ll be the Clayton B. Ofstad Endowed Chair Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Writer at Truman State University, spending some time […]
Smugly Detailing My Own Quiet Habits
Alternately titled: the value of getting off the internet for five fucking minutes here and there. I am no fan of the genre of essays where a platinum-blonde platinum […]
First Times
I recently read Guy Branum’s spectacular memoir “My Life as a Goddess,” and it is a side-splittingly funny book when it isn’t busily breaking your heart. Though I love memoir […]
The Bingo Card
In a Christmas evening conversation with my dear friend Joe Wadlington, when we were deep in bourbon and eggnog and good cheer, he mentioned a concept to me that I […]
Antler Review: November
I read some fantastic and original stuff in November! “Rain and the Designs of Your Body” by J. M. Guzman showed up in Fireside this month, sounding like nothing and […]
Submissions Stats 2018
I sent out 31 pieces this year: one novel one novella 23 short stories four essays two pieces of satire I received 33 rejections in 2018. I sold: one novel […]
Ten Rules for Novelists
Ten rules for novelists: 1. Put on lipstick and a cute bralette before you start. 2. Write in whatever mode fits the story. If it stops fitting, rewrite. 3. Every […]
Antler Review: October
This month has been hard as hell and most of the things I’ve loved reading during this veil-thin season of burning hearts in the fog have matched that mood completely. […]