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June 14, 2009
This One Made Me Laugh...
...from the word-play of the title, to the interjections en Español. Read Kurt Newton's "Hector's Last Stand" at Fifty-Two Stitches today. This was one of the first pieces we accepted, and it still leaves me in (oh, pardon the pun) stitches.
Speaking of stitches...should we keep the title, Fifty-Two Stitches, for the anthology? Something different?
Speaking of stitches...should we keep the title, Fifty-Two Stitches, for the anthology? Something different?
June 11, 2009
"God's Creatures" - Podcast
Summer means more time to play with my tech toys, so I've dusted off an entry for last year's
MicroHorror
flash fiction contest and recorded it as an audio podcast.
Give a listen to "God's Creatures", a story inspired by the root cellar at my grandparents' home when I was a child. Read the text if you choose.[image error]
Give a listen to "God's Creatures", a story inspired by the root cellar at my grandparents' home when I was a child. Read the text if you choose.[image error]
June 10, 2009
The House Eaters, Continued
Chapter two of The House Eaters is up for your reading pleasure. At this rate, the whole book will be available sometime in 2012. Barring the end of the world, of course.
I also woke to an acceptance from Polluto for a weird little tale about face removal. "Molting Season" will appear in the Identiy Theft and Octopus Kid issue.
Cheers.[image error]
I also woke to an acceptance from Polluto for a weird little tale about face removal. "Molting Season" will appear in the Identiy Theft and Octopus Kid issue.
Cheers.[image error]
June 8, 2009
The New Gatekeepers? IndieReader.com
This story from GalleyCat gave me pause. Go ahead...read it. (Right click on the link and open in a new tab so I don't lose you, of course ;))
So basically, I self-publish and hope these folks (IndieReader.com) agree to let me pay them a yearly fee to list my self-published book on their site (plus they take a % of sales). The supposed benefit, I guess, is that their site would have more traffic than another website, giving said self-published book visibility. Because face it: a website without t
So basically, I self-publish and hope these folks (IndieReader.com) agree to let me pay them a yearly fee to list my self-published book on their site (plus they take a % of sales). The supposed benefit, I guess, is that their site would have more traffic than another website, giving said self-published book visibility. Because face it: a website without t
June 7, 2009
I Couldn't Help Myself...
Catherine J. Gardner mentioned making a trailer for a piece of flash fiction...so I took my favorite short-short ("The Ox-Cart Man", a 700 worder from Northern Haunts) and made this "trailer":
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June 5, 2009
Howdy, Ranch Hands
I just polished and submitted the longest short work I've penned to date: "Ranching the Sleore" (a "novelette" of about 8,400 words). Let's just say it involves various bodily violations.
It is probably the foulest story I've written.
I felt physically uncomfortable putting some of those words on paper.
There are only a handful of markets for such a thing.
What the f$#&! was I thinking?
(but "novelette" is a cute word, huh?)[image error]
It is probably the foulest story I've written.
I felt physically uncomfortable putting some of those words on paper.
There are only a handful of markets for such a thing.
What the f$#&! was I thinking?
(but "novelette" is a cute word, huh?)[image error]
June 4, 2009
Whatever Happened to My Bad Attitude
...about flash fiction? (remember this post?)
Not that I'm any good at writing it (I definitely don't do the prose-poem thing some writers make look so beautiful), but I seem to scribble much more of it these days. All in all, I've had eighteen flash pieces (ranging from hint fiction length to 1K) accepted and/or published. Fourteen other published/accepted shorts are just over 1K. Let's not even mention Fifty-Two Stitches (which I've sort of taken the lead on since its launch).
I'll have a fla
Not that I'm any good at writing it (I definitely don't do the prose-poem thing some writers make look so beautiful), but I seem to scribble much more of it these days. All in all, I've had eighteen flash pieces (ranging from hint fiction length to 1K) accepted and/or published. Fourteen other published/accepted shorts are just over 1K. Let's not even mention Fifty-Two Stitches (which I've sort of taken the lead on since its launch).
I'll have a fla
June 3, 2009
This is What Happens in Summer
Man, take away my structure...and wham...I don't blog for days, I forget to shave...and what's my name?
I'm on point this week with the boys (my wife has an extended contract, and works through Friday). Happy to say I am writing, but fighting my instant lack of structure at the same time.
It happens every summer, and it is a good problem to have.
The best part of time off of the ol' job is more time spent with Thing 1 and Thing 2. Owen is learning to read. Man, how he lit up this morning when he r
I'm on point this week with the boys (my wife has an extended contract, and works through Friday). Happy to say I am writing, but fighting my instant lack of structure at the same time.
It happens every summer, and it is a good problem to have.
The best part of time off of the ol' job is more time spent with Thing 1 and Thing 2. Owen is learning to read. Man, how he lit up this morning when he r
June 1, 2009
And I Just Shot May Out of a Cannon
...along with Kanye West. Check out what Jeremy D. Brooks has to say on the subject. Personally, I think Kanye is an ass and I hope nobody buys his steaming pile of dog shite book. (sorry...wasn't going to go there)
So I lived in the land of short stories and flash fiction for the month. Five short stories (ranging from just above flash length to 3K), four flash fictions (two are for a "secret" project), and nada on anything longer. It felt like I'd found an old friend again, writing all those sh
So I lived in the land of short stories and flash fiction for the month. Five short stories (ranging from just above flash length to 3K), four flash fictions (two are for a "secret" project), and nada on anything longer. It felt like I'd found an old friend again, writing all those sh
May 31, 2009
Daddy's Touch
I knew those trips to the natural history museum would pay off someday..."Daddy's Touch" is up at Flashes in the Dark today. Thank you, Family Dermestidae.
Speaking of flash fiction, stop by Fifty-Two Stitches and read "Something in Common" by Joshua Scribner today.
Enjoy the last day of May; I know I will.[image error]
Speaking of flash fiction, stop by Fifty-Two Stitches and read "Something in Common" by Joshua Scribner today.
Enjoy the last day of May; I know I will.[image error]
