May in Review (2011)
I’ve been working on a few new short stories lately, but the majority of May was devoted to beginning the initial drafting process for Part 5 of my novel The Hyphenates of Jackson County—the final...
View ArticleJune in Review (2011)
June turned out to be all about new short stories for me. I completely reworked one short story, wrote a new one, and put the final touches on yet another. I’d planned on drafting new material for the...
View ArticleWhat a Great Time to be Literate – Fall/Winter Book Preview
A couple weeks ago The Millions released their “Most Anticipated” book preview for the second half of 2011, and there are some really great books on the list. Some of these forthcoming releases are...
View ArticleJuly in Review (2011)
July was kind of a cluster, what with spending a week in Tel Aviv, and needing the week before takeoff getting ready for the trip. There wasn’t a whole lot of time to write, but I did manage to add...
View ArticleDecember in Review (2011)
Merry Christmas, from the street urchins of the Omaha tenements. My year in review post will be coming shortly, so I’ll try to keep this brief. The month was more or less uneventful, so brevity...
View ArticleGood News Department: BotM & PBR
A couple bits of good news today. Someone has clued me into the fact that two of my stories have been, or will be, noted as part of the “Thirty Other Distinguished Stories” in the New Stories from the...
View ArticleFebruary in Review (2012)
Postcard of the old city hall, the old courthouse, and the Bee Building. Postmarked 1907. I’ve decided to fly in the face of Leap Day and post my review of the past month a day early. (Try to have a...
View ArticleReview of The Call Published in Pleiades
The summer issue of Pleiades arrived in the mail today, which means my review of Yannick Murphy’s The Call was published in the Pleiades Book Review! They accuse me of being a poet in the contributors...
View ArticleSummer in Review (2012)
It’s been quite a while since I last offered up a review of my activities. All the way back in April! A few things have gone down since then, such as… -I finished a draft of my novel, The Uninitiated,...
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