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I’m a Busy Man, Man!
That’s what the Atticus Review says anyhow. Jamie Iredell did a fun interview with me there plus they published a few more excerpts from my novel-in-progress and a bonus fiction called “Fire Sale.” Oh–and I’m doing a talk at the Wilsonville Library this Sunday afternoon for their Northwest Author Series. As for today, after being…
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In Memoriam
A couple of my favorite writers died recently, as well as a good friend. All of these guys were amazing, ornery, tough-as-hell survivors. HARRY CREWS Harry Crews was one of my first favorite southern writers. And lucky for me he had a lot of books to read when I discovered him in the early 90s.…
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AWP 4EVA
I had a great time at AWP this past week. There were so many people to see, meet, and say hello to that it’s really kind of an impossible mission to complete. Someone should make a video game out of it to inspire kids to become writers. It would be like: I have to make…
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A Weekend of I Remember
This weekend, over at the Future Tense Books Facebook page and also on the new I Remember fan page, you can post your own I Remember. I love the whole I Remember form and often have student do it when I teach workshops and visit classrooms. It’s a pretty great writing prompt that is easy…
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Ghost of Christmas Presents Past
Of course it was a thrill to get Christmas presents when I was a kid, but it was also fun to call my friends and talk about the presents. What did you get for Christmas? was the big question of the day (or the big question on the first day back to school in January).…
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2011 is Dead. Long Live 1997.
Hey–First off, I have new little stories at Unshod Quills and Hart House Review! And since 2011 is just about over, I thought I should post a little year-end thingamajig. A few of my favorite things: Novels: Donald Ray Pollack’s The Devil All the Time and Patrick deWitt’s The Sisters Brothers were both pretty kick-ass…
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Long Lost Eel
So, gosh. I was just looking through my files for a particular story and I came across this interview I did with Mark Oliver Everett about three whole years ago. Although he’s mainly known for his musical endeavors as the rock band, Eels, he’s also the author of a really great memoir, Things the Grandchildren…
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Kickstart My Heart!
Helloooo everyone, Yesterday, I launched a Kickstarter fundraiser for my little press, Future Tense Books! Please check it out here and donate in the next 29 days if you can. Thanks to my co-editor and marketing man, Bryan Coffelt, for the snazzy video (and more will be posted in the coming weeks). The only other…
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Booty Call’s Triumphant Orgasmic Return!
You know how you go to readings sometimes and it’s kind of boring and then someone reads something about hot horny sex and you’re like, Hey–this just got more fun! Well, that was one of the reasons I started doing Booty Call readings way back in 2002. I wanted to curate an evening where four…
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