Little later this week than I'd planned, but I've got a lot going on this week. Since I'm teaching a workshop this weekend about the art and craft of story openings, I thought I'd give some of my favorite opening lines. Note:…
Gidion the Ninth, by Tamsin Muir - This is the book that inspired this list and brought me back to reading fantasy. I’m super excited to see where Tamsin Muir is going to go with her career, but she’s off to a bloody good start. This is a…
Last week, I did 10 Literary books for genre readers. This time around, I’m doing 10 Genre Books for Literary Readers. These are works that have influenced my quest to become the best writer I can be. Happy reading. Viriconium, by M. John Harrison - The prose is pure…
Another Tuesday another list. I get into a lot of interesting conversations about books. For the next few weeks, I'm going to make lists of books that I fanboy over. Here are 10 literary fiction books for genre readers. A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan…
I wasn't going to do one of these. I really wasn't. Pinkie swear. Then, not long ago, I was sipping my first coffee of the New Year, quietly letting my mind wander, stream of consciousness, from subject to subject, and something profound struck me about 2022.…
In an attempt to get more content and traffic to my website as I look at revving up my career post-grad school, I'm going to be doing this thing on Tuesdays where I make a list of 10 things. Like so many other things in the last two…
WELCOME TO0 THE 13 DAYS OF GALLOWMAS Why 13 and not 12 like the song I'm playing homage to? Well... this much awesome cannot be contained within a mere 12 days. I also wanted to end on a Saturday. So, in future years we may have more or…
Hard to believe it's been almost two years since I made a post on this website. Seems like forever ago, and even more of a forever ago. Time in Pandemic land is funny. Today has been pretty good. Met a good friend for coffee. Hung out with some…
Books, books, books. Words, words, words. So much of a writer's life is taken up with reading. Or... At least it should be. When the writer begins an MFA in poetry, this is absolutely true... and it's doubled or tripled. I recorded some of my MFA…
I've heard that whatever you spend New Year's eve doing is what you'll be doing for the next year. Last night, good friends invited me over for dinner. I wrote a story in the back of one of my books for them. Then, I…
