Jim’s Comments (group member since Jun 09, 2011)

Jim’s comments from the Q&A with The Writers of Coming Unglued group.

We've had our first Goodreads reader review. It's from Goodreads user Tzipora, and it reads as follows:

I won this book through the Goodreads giveaway page.

You know how generally when you read a short story collection it's rather hit or miss, some stories are good while others aren't so much? Coming Unglued: Six Stories about Things Falling Apart isn't like that. I genuinely enjoyed all six stories in this book! I've read a lot of short story collections and while this one is shorter than most it may just be the best one I have ever read. And some of the stories have stuck with me, unlike so many I read.

*More detailed review coming as soon as I have time*

You can play the audio from our May 16th reading by clicking here: http://www.theinternetplayhouse.com/T...

Totallynotlezlie wrote: "What a great story. So funny. And that actress that did the reading was AMAZING."
I agree. It is a great story. You...that is to say, someone totally not you, were.

So Peter, what compelled you to write "Liberty Bell"?

To start out the introductions, I'm Jim Snowden. I edited Coming Unglued and contributed a previously published story, "Koba's Bad Cut", to it. I was born in Santa Monica, CA, but I've lived on both coasts and a few places in between. I've been placing fiction in magazines on and off for about 20 years now. You can find my work in Pulphouse, the Seattle Review, The King's English and other places.

I started the MMIP as a podcast about three years ago, doing readings of extant works as well as original plays, adapted to audio format. We started taking fiction for readings just two years ago and starting publishing about two weeks ago. I hope that continues for a long time.

Outside of the MMIP, I'm finishing work on a novel called The Summer of Long Knives. When not writing, I obviously enjoy reading (lots of Third Reich history in the past couple of years, and lots of Soviet history in the couple of years before that), movies, hanging out at Faire with Liz and her friends, astronomy, chess, backgammon, tennis, travel and stand-up comedy.

Here you can ask any of the writers published in Coming Unglued: Six Stories about Things Falling Apart about the writers who influenced them, their backgrounds and their writing processes.

This thread is for questions or comments on "Final Dispatch From the Blue Moon Tavern" by Jake Ellison.

This thread is for questions and comments on Jim Snowden's short story, "Koba's Bad Cut", which appears in Coming Unglued: Six Stories about Things Falling Apart.

A thread of questions and comments on Natasha Grinberg's two short stories, "The Kiss" and "Commune Number Six", both of which appear in Coming Unglued: Six Stories about Things Falling Apart.

This thread is for questions about or comments on Doug Heckman's short story, "Velocity", the second piece in Coming Unglued: Six Stories about Things Falling Apart.

This thread is for all comments on and questions about the lead off story in Coming Unglued: Six Stories about Things Falling Apart: Peter Barlow's "Liberty Bell".

Hello, all, and welcome to our forum. This thread is for readers to meet, greet, and say a bit about themselves. So take a moment to tell us who you are, where you're from, what you generally enjoy reading and what drew you to Coming Unglued.