Novels
NaNoWriMo: I’m in! Kinda. Sorta.
As I write this, National Novel Writing Month — known by adherents as NaNoWriMo — is sixty-four minutes old. Hundreds of thousands of would-be, never-will-be and most-definitely-are novelists are taking to their keyboards and trying to pound out a minimum of 50,000 words over the next thirty days. I already have the only NaNoWriMo badge … Continue reading
Awards and other jazz
Lots of great literary news from the weekend. I’ll start with something not great but okay nonetheless: The Summer Son, which was up for the Utah Book Award in fiction, didn’t win. Congratulations to Gerald Elias, who took home the prize for Danse Macabre. Here in Billings, the High Plains Book Awards were handed out … Continue reading
Q&A: David Abrams
David Abrams’ The Quivering Pen blog is a friend to writers and readers everywhere, politely but persistently banging the drum for literary fiction, giving authors an outlet to write about their experiences and giving exposure to recently released and upcoming books (as well as the occasional tune). Along the way, David has occasionally updated folks … Continue reading
Q&A: Kevin Morgan Watson
I’ll start with a disclaimer: I’m a bit of a fanboy about Press 53, a small publisher of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. As one guy running a small publishing house in his living room, I’m always on the lookout for small presses that get it right, that stick to what they’re good at and toss … Continue reading
Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 10
We continue today with the story behind the story on the 10th and final piece of short fiction from my upcoming collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. To read previous installments, go here. COMFORT AND JOY Backstory: I originally wrote this story over the course of two days in December 2010 and published it … Continue reading
Publishing: pleasure and pain
Welcome to Day 4 of Honesty Week. Look, I don’t know how I feel about self-publishing. Back when I first did it, in those yonder days of early 2009, it was in the most rudimentary way possible. I uploaded my book to CreateSpace. I used one of that service’s horrible pre-fab templates for my cover. … Continue reading
It’s Not Me. It’s Them.
Welcome to Day 2 of Honesty Week. Today, I’m all in for the breakup. Not between you and me, dear reader. Between me and that shameless strumpet whose attentions I’ve been seeking the whole time we’ve been together. The Other Writer. See, that’s what happens in this game. If you fall in love with books … Continue reading
