S. Michael Wilson's Blog
August 15, 2016
Winning Writers Awards $1,000 to S. Michael Wilson for Best Humor Poem
From the Winning Writers Website, http://www.prweb.com/releases/humor/p... S. Michael Wilson of Phillipsburg, New Jersey is the winner of the fifteenth annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers. 4,834 contestants competed from around the world. NORTHAMPTON, MA (PRWEB) AUGUST 15, 2016 Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its fifteenth annual Wergle Flomp Humor […]
January 7, 2013
The Writer’s Approach to New Year’s Resolutions
They’re more a cultural joke than anything else: New Year’s Resolutions, those lists of detailed self-improvements we assemble in good faith to help guide our actions in future. If you compare resolutions among most people, these well-meaning lists usually include promises we make to ourselves to become physically, spiritually, and emotionally healthier to one degree or another, [...]
October 31, 2012
Stop. Novel Time.
It’s been awhile. Yes, I’ve been away from the keyboard for a bit since my last post. No excuses, no explanations other than the unavoidable fact that life often intervenes when least expected. What matters is, I’m back. With a vengeance. I’m kick off my return to the word by joining up with the National Novel [...]
February 17, 2012
Publishing News: My Short Story Gets Flushed
One of my short fiction pieces, The Other Foot, which I just recently read along with a gathering of other authors at Warren County Community College, has been selected to appear in the latest anthology from Portable Press, Uncle John's Flush Fiction. As they describe it on their Amazon page: Prepare to be entertained by this unique [...]
February 15, 2012
Author Appearance: S. Michael Wilson on Educationally Speaking with Joyce Estey
This Wednesday, I was fortunate to be a guest on Joyce Estey's monthly radio program Educationally Speaking, accompanied by professor and poet BJ Ward, author Jessica Cooper, and poets Nick Heacock and Angela Chiu. We were invited to appear on Joyce's program on WRJN to discuss our involvement with the Warren County Community College ASA Creative [...]
February 1, 2012
Franzen Hates E-books and Oprah, Yet Still Uses Both to Sell Books
Speaking of saying stupid things in public, it seems that Jonathan Franzen recently jumped on the anti-eBook bandwagon during a recent speaking engagement: "The technology I like is the American paperback edition of Freedom. I can spill water on it and it would still work! So it's pretty good technology. And what's more, it will [...]
January 26, 2012
Moviesucktastic #59: 2012 Oscar Nominations Show | Moviesucktastic
Moviesucktastic #59: 2012 Oscar Nominations Show | Moviesucktastic Image via Wikipedia As happens every year, Bad Movie Month (January) leads into the supposedly Good Movie Month of February with Oscar Season, and The Movie Guys take advantage of this seasonal event by using this episode of Moviesucktastic to take their initial look at the newly [...]
June 20, 2011
Book Trailer: Butcher Knives & Body Counts
The new book trailer is out for the horror film theory and criticism anthology Butcher Knives & Body Counts, featuring my essay on the classic holiday slasher flick Silent Night, Deadly Night. Related articles Butcher Knives & Body Counts Update (authorsmw.wordpress.com) Butcher Knives & Body Counts (boothreviews.blogspot.com)
June 10, 2011
Author Appearance: BooksNJ in Paramus
I will be in attendance at the Books NJ book festival at the Paramus Public Library in Paramus, NJ this Sunday, June 12. If you are in the area, be sure to stop by to meet me and the over 100 other authors selling books, signing copies, speaking on panels, and sharing their love of [...]
June 7, 2011
Author Appearance: A Little Hike
Reading of an excerpt from the short story A Little Hike, by author S. Michael Wilson (that's me), at the Visiting Authors Series held at Warren County Community College. Related articles A Gathering of Poets and Authors (authorsmw.wordpress.com) Plan B by Joseph Finder (annetteholland.com) A Hiking Shoe? (srqpix.wordpress.com)
