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
July 25, 2012
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Why are ice pops so beautiful against a stark white background? My understanding of what makes certain images artistic is pretty much limited to the kind of images that one creates with letters of the alphabet, but I … Continue reading
March 17, 2012
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Today’s California Writers Club meeting, from 11-1 is a panel discussion: Show, Don’t Tell and Rework, Reuse, Resell When is exposition your best choice for revealing information? What are other options and how do you choose? This is a subject relevant … Continue reading
January 18, 2012
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Do you suffer from idiopathic craniofacial erythema? I do, and so does Yale Professor and essayist Colleen Kinder. Her essay about blushing is the feature story in the newly released Volume 2 of Under the Gum Tree, a non-fiction literary … Continue reading
October 21, 2011
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After experiencing some technical difficulties, 1776 Productions, the publishers of the Sacramento Book Review and the San Francisco Book Review, are back in business. The latest issue is on newsstands and here, digitally. If you don’t see it, ask for … 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
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
April 12, 2011
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The annual Festival of the Arts presents art exhibitions, theater and dance, symphonic ensembles, and literary readings this week at the Sacramento State University campus, 6000 J. St, down by the beautiful River Park section of Sacramento. Um- but who … Continue reading
December 11, 2010
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The Editorial Freelancers Association Northern California Chapter is hosting a holiday soiree for independent professionals both inside and outside of editorial/journalism/publishing on Monday, December 13, from 7 pm until 8:30pm at Sacramento’s ThinkHouse Collective. This will be an opportunity for, … Continue reading
July 15, 2010
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Jack* is a writer without any education in the craft of writing. He has inspiration, talent, and time, and has composed a strong story. Good plot, good conflict, good resolution. He has written with abandon, unconcerned with who is telling the … Continue reading