January 14, 2013
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Professor Doug Rice, author of Dream Memoirs of a Fabulist and A Good Cuntboy is Hard to Find, (and more) was the second reader for my graduate thesis and a remarkable teacher of the craft of writing. One assignment from my … Continue reading
December 11, 2012
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Did I write the first 50,000 words of my novel? Is that why I’ve been MIA from my blog for so long? Sadly, no. And, happily. Instead of writing a pile of you-know-what, I’ve been working on some excellent projects … Continue reading
January 4, 2012
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I don’t know about you, but my downtime looks an awful lot like my uptime. I am very happy to be one of those people who loves her work. I spend a lot of time reading for pleasure, which means … Continue reading
December 29, 2011
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Glenn is the hero. You probably didn’t notice that my site was down again last week. I don’t understand why anyone would want to hack little old me, but whatever. (Hey, while I’m under, you might as well…) Now I … Continue reading
October 12, 2011
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I’d like to offer congratulations to my Sacramento colleagues: Jen Palmares Meadows and Joshua McKinney for their contributions to Summer 2011 Denver Quarterly. McKinney’s poetry also appeared in the premier issue of Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism, as … Continue reading
September 1, 2011
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The September 2011 issue of Gently Read Literature, published by Daniel Casey, contains my review of Peter Grandbois‘ latest novel, Nahoonkara. Check it out!
August 10, 2011
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A digital, literary micro-magazine, Under the Gum Tree is a non-fiction storytelling project, published by my colleague Janna Marlies Santoro. She says, The concept was born out of my desire to live more vulnerably, more authentically and to help others do the … Continue reading
July 30, 2011
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Introduced to me as a way to check for a writer’s overuse of words (like interesting or quickly), Wordle is way more fun than it is practical. A word-cloud generator, you “paste in a bunch of text” in the window … Continue reading
December 27, 2010
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Ready for the new year? I’m very excited to start off the new year by co-creating a memoir with a longtime client and publishing it as a digital book. This is something I’ve been anxious to try: I have mixed … Continue reading
July 6, 2010
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Do you keep track of your reading via Goodreads? Why do you do it? Have you tried to remember all of the books you’ve ever read? Who are you following? Do you write reviews? Are you tight with your stars? … Continue reading