Craig Laurance Gidney's Blog, page 57
August 9, 2013
Screenshot of my presskit
My friend Michael Kirshner has designed a 2-page Presskit for me. It’s still a work in progress, but I thought I would share. Filed under: Publishing Tagged: presskit, writing life
August 7, 2013
BOOK REVIEW: In The Forest of Forgetting by Theodora Goss. Postmodern Gothic fairytales.
Since my colleague Theodora Goss announced a new ebook edition of her debut collection, In The Forest of Forgetting, I thought I’d share the review I did when the book was first released. These delicately crafted, literary fantasies draw from Victorian morality stories and fairytales. The language is spare and considered, the tone dry spiked […]
August 4, 2013
Craig’s Adventures at the OutWrite Book Festival 2013
I had a wonderful time at the OutWrite Book Festival this year. The festival took place in the Reeves Center at 14th and U Streets. I took a picture of the beautiful mobiles that hang over the main hall. I was on the Young Adult/New Adult panel with two other authors–Brian Centrone (pictured) and Brittany […]
August 2, 2013
BOOK REVIEW: Ice by Anna Kavan. Interior landscapes cast in ice.
Ice by Anna Kavan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kafka cavorts with Plath in this post-apocalyptic novel by the late Anna Kavan. A thermonuclear device has been detonated, and the world slowly awaits its fate as the planet freezes. In this new Ice Age, a nameless narrator searches for the girl he loves. But […]
July 30, 2013
LISTEN: Hear me (Craig Gidney) reading from a work in progress–”Gone With The Dust.”
Filed under: Fiction Tagged: reading
BOOK REVIEW: Distortion by Stephen Beachy. Queer Surrealism.
Distortion by Stephen Beachy My rating: 5 of 5 stars The second novel by Stephen Beachy is a paradox: it’s a difficult novel that’s easy to read. A loosely structured, Altman-esque book, it follows the adventures of Reggie, a young, biracial, speed-addicted hustler, and the demimonde surrounding him. The novel follows him from L.A., where […]
July 29, 2013
EVENT REMINDER: I’ll be on the Young Adult Panel at the OutWrite Festival.
I’d love to see you there! Filed under: Events Tagged: outwrite, reading
July 27, 2013
Snapshot of my current work-in-progress!
Filed under: Fiction Tagged: work in progress, writing
July 26, 2013
BOOK REVIEW: The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson. Feminist Fantastika & Witchy Prose Poetry
The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Daylight Gate exists at a crossroads, between fact and fiction, reality and fantasy, and prose and poetry. Jeanette Winterson uses History to spin a mediation on persecution, feminism, polyamory, power, religion and abuse. The history she uses this time is that of […]
July 22, 2013
Gaslighting Racism: A parable
Internet comments on articles are where many ideological battles are fought these days, and in spite of the admonishment, “don’t read the comments,” I keep doing so anyway, out of a morbid curiosity. In the post Zimmerman trial articles, I find one persistent idea put forth, mostly by trolls, but some genuine folks actually believe […]
