Book reviews: Town Father and The Foretelling (two fer one!)
Happy weekend to everyone. It’s been raining here in Tucson, and yesterday it rained so hard it reminded me of living in Seward, Alaska, where the rain falls thick and hard and relentless, and...
View ArticleSubmission challenge, and a new editing service
My reading challenge is going so swimmingly well that I’ve decided to burden myself with a second task-a submission challenge. Because, face it, I’m not going to get my work published unless I put on...
View ArticleMy new reading chair
Well, we finally did it. We bought a recliner. It arrived, as so many things do, in a plain and rather large brown box. All day it sat in the sun in our yard guarded by the ever-so-fierce Seriously and...
View ArticleMoose on the loose
It’s almost fall up here in Alaska. Which means that the moose are moving around more, eager to snatch up the last of the green leaves/shoots/brush before the oh-so-cold and oh-so-dark winter slams...
View ArticleWhy I hired a beta reader
I originally wrote this post for my blog but then realized that I needed a post for 49 Writers so submitted it there instead. Before I repost that, though, here’s the inside scoop. Last week, I hired...
View ArticleIn No Particular Order
Kevin Brennan’s new book just released and I cannot wait to devour. Followers of this blog know I’m a big fan of Brennan and a bit infatuated with his writing style (are you blushing yet, Kev?). Best...
View ArticleThe Disappointed Housewife, an edgy new literary journal
This is SO exciting. Kevin Brennan (and everyone knows I’m a huge fan of Brennan’s) recently launched a new literary magazine called The Disappointed Housewife. Is that the greatest name or what? The...
View ArticleBook review: In No Particular Order by Kevin Brennan
In No Particular Order, by Kevin Brennan, self-published, 178 pages Even though I’m a huge introvert, I’m also hugely curious about other people’s lives. I glance into people’s windows when we walk the...
View ArticleEssay up at The Disappointed Housewife, and a busy week
First things first: My flash creative nonfiction piece A Fancy Department Store in Cleveland, 1970 is up at the The Disappointed Housewife. Here’s the beginning: A Fancy Department Store in...
View ArticleReview: Eternity Began Tomorrow, by Kevin Brennan
Please excuse the jumbled nature of this review: I was up until 6 a.m. last night, finishing Eternity Began Tomorrow. I literally could not stop reading. And it wasn’t just the story, which is...
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