I. My first story about Craig begins in 2005, when Reader’s Loft was in its old location and I was…
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Discussing SHOTGUN LOVESONGS with Nickolas Butler
Tonight at The Readers’s Loft in Green Bay, at 6:30pm, Nickolas Butler is reading and discussing his debut novel Shotgun…
BOO! My list of “12 Haunting American Stories” at @ElectricLit!
Wondering what short stories to read this Halloween? Here’s my list of spooky, funny, absurd, horrifying, and tragic American ghostly…
My Writing Process — Blog Tour!
The wonderful writer Kathy Fish tagged me to be a part of the Writing Process Blog Tour. (Also, I’m grateful for…
Of All Things: The Signature—How Do You Sign A Book?
Today, on the Ploughshares Blog: It’s the simplest of challenges: signing your own book for people who have purchased it. And…
A 500-word slice of my novel-in-progress— now @IndianaReview!
I’m thrilled to see my flash fiction, “Mrs. Williamson Winds the Watch,” in the summer Indiana Review— alongside the work…
“I knew I had a problem when I started envying my dog’s cone collar.”
Today, on the Ploughshares blog, my latest post on the obsession of research, and some tips to rein it in….
My story “Beached” long-listed for Wigleaf’s Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2014!
Well, what a nice way to start the day. My flash fiction “Beached,” first published in Necessary Fiction, was long-…
WWTMD? (What Would Toni Morrison Do?)
As a writer, as a person, it’s the closest I get to prayer: What Would Toni Morrison Do? How the Nobel Laureate…
496 Words on Writing Flash Prose. (Or, Nimbility: Shouldn’t that be a word?)
“Walking this tightrope of tension—evoking emotional shifts, revealing information—requires a writer’s nimbleness, agility. Nimbility. (Shouldn’t that be a word?)”— from my 496-word…