This week I turned off the Gmail notification on my phone. The only sound it will be making now is when someone calls or texts me. The rest of the time, my phone will be silent. My Gmail account is the one I use for my writing life. When I was … [Read more...]
About The Rosebush in the Corn
February 9, 2014 By 2 Comments
Another flash fiction piece up at The Legendary and this is probably one of the first flash fiction pieces I wrote. Check it out, here. I've written about flash fiction before, but here's a brief refresher. Flash fiction is short fiction, usually … [Read more...]
About The Quality of Booze
January 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I have a new flash fiction piece, “The Quality of Booze,” up at The Molotov Cocktail, a great online literary magazine for “incendiary” flash. Here’s the story behind the story. Fast facts First draft written: September, maybe? (note to self: … [Read more...]
Looking Back on a Year in Writing: 2013
January 4, 2014 By 4 Comments
The past year was a good year for my writing, full of some exciting firsts and a big learning curve. Here are some of the highlights. What I did: April. First ever short story accepted for publication in Pea River Journal. June. First time … [Read more...]
About The Bar Room Door
December 2, 2013 By 1 Comment
My flash fiction piece, "The Bar Room Door," is up at the great new online literary magazine, Cease, Cows. It's kind of about Madison. In a way. And yes, there's an explanation for the name of the lit mag (Cease, Cows). It has to do with Gabriel … [Read more...]
National Novel Writing Month: the finale
December 1, 2013 By 2 Comments
November is over, and I’m happy to say I officially won National Novel Writing Month. I reached 50,000 words on November 21, with nine days to spare. I originally set out to finish my novel in progress during November, and I did add 10,000 words … [Read more...]
Interview with Ellen Airgood, Part 2
November 25, 2013 By 2 Comments
It’s Week 4 of National Novel Writing Month. The home stretch at last! To celebrate and inspire, here’s more from my conversation with my friend and novelist, Ellen Airgood. Ellen is the author of the adult novel, South of Superior, and a middle … [Read more...]
NaNoWriMo Update: the half-way point
November 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We're halfway through National Novel Writing Month and I'm going strong despite the cold my husband so kindly passed on to me. There are two types of colds, in my experience. The ones that lay you out on the couch for days wishing the world would … [Read more...]
One fell swoop: how to get stuck while writing (and how not to)
November 12, 2013 By 1 Comment
How to get stuck What I wanted to say is that the character drank her whiskey down in one gulp. But I don't want to use gulp. I don't want to say gulped. I want the phrase that will perfectly convey that feeling that life has become too much for … [Read more...]
Interview with Ellen Airgood, Part One
November 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
In July of 2011, my good friend over at As the Crowe Flies (and Reads) sent me a box full of advanced reading copy books. I was in a particularly bad reading slump and I picked out a novel called South of Superior. The image on the cover look … [Read more...]
