A new year seems to invariably bring a new sequencing of my short stories, and 2013 is no different. It’s not that I’m producing a completely new collection of material every year, but a couple more pieces seem to get published (or else simply revised into better condition), and then there’s usually a new story […]
On March 2, 2013, Fiction365 will feature my short story ‘Patterns of Recognition.’ Please be sure to click through tomorrow to check out this story, and to ‘like’ Fiction365 on Facebook!
UPDATED 2/27/13 11:20am EST All right! The first draft of DOGS OF PARSONS HOLLOW, the screenplay, is in the can. Thank goodness. At 131 pages I feel that it’s too long, but a revision will sort out problems of pacing and length. In any case, it’s a wonderful feeling to yet again realize a long-held […]
Listen live today to WUSC, 90.5 FM, during the 2:30-2:45 slot on The Columbi-Arts and Music Show, hosted by Kyle Petersen. Along with a couple of the other contributors to Muddy Ford Press‘s THE LIMELIGHT: A Compendium of Contemporary Columbia Artists, I’ll be on the air live promoting the book and the launch event on Sunday. We’ll be discussing the […]
How exciting is this? We’re less than a week from the release of The Limelight—A Compendium of Contemporary Columbia Artists, Muddy Ford Press’s anthology of essays documenting some of the most vital members of our local arts community. I’m quite honored to be included with some thoughts about novelist Robert Lamb and his influence on […]
Among the reviews featured in the 2013 edition of Dead Studies, the third volume, is one of Fellow Traveler—a very strong and positive review. Here is a pull-quote. “The novel is to a large degree about not only how first- and second-generation Deadheads keep in touch with what they learned from the Dead but also […]
To balance out the minor setback of a pass earlier in the week from Bantam/RH, Friday brings three new requests for the manuscript of DOGS OF PARSONS HOLLOW, any of which could deliver results. Pitches by my agent at Inklings Literary, Michelle L. Johnson, have gone out to a few more editors as well, so these requests […]
UPDATE: My talk yesterday went so well—everyone seemed to really respond to my description of the process of conceptualizing and writing Fellow Traveler! I’m among wonderful folks I admire and love (and with whom I have a lot of fun), so coming to this annual meeting of likeminded scholars has already been a fulfilling and […]
Muddy Ford Press‘s Tribute to Columbia’s Arts Community, The Limelight: A Compendium of Contemporary Columbia Artists is almost here! Among many wonderful essays, I’m honored to contribute a piece about one of my principal writing mentors and enablers, Robert Lamb, a fine author, teacher, publisher, and an all-around Southern gentleman. Other subjects include musicologist and author […]
Quick news break: Tonight I’m pleased to announce a change in representation—no, not with a new agent, but rather the same Michelle L. Johnson who has shepherded DOGS OF PARSONS HOLLOW thus far on its path to eventual publication. Michelle’s just moved under a new shingle, Inklings Literary, which is where she’ll now be repping […]
