Hi friends! It’s been awhile! I hope, as the year draws to a close and we enter into the holiday season, that things are going well for you. LOTS of news, so I’ll just jump in… “The Art of Flash Fiction” is Tops! My November Art of Flash Fiction newsletter, “Chilly Scenes of Flash Fiction:
Many thanks to Tommy Dean and staff at Fractured Literary for reprinting my 2014 story, “Rodney & Chelsea.” This fragmented piece was originally published in Frederick Barthelme’s Blip Magazine, an early iteration of New World Writing. See below for an excerpt (you may read the whole story HERE): Chelsea’s mom believes that life is a
I’m honored and thrilled that my work is featured in the latest Bloomsbury Writer’s Guide, edited by Sean Prentiss and Jessica Hendry Nelson, which will be available later this month. (This is actually my second appearance in the series. I also have a story in Short-Form Creative Writing, edited by H.K. Hummel & Stephanie Lennox.)
Behold this beauty, the Summer, 2021, 50th Anniversary issue of Ploughshares, guest edited by the amazing Aimee Bender! I was traveling with my daughter when my contributor’s copy arrived back home. I couldn’t resist stopping into Downtown Books & News in Asheville, NC, and was delighted to find it on the shelf amongst all the
UK independent publisher, Dahlia Books, hosts a great monthly reading series, A Brief Pause, and I have been invited to speak and read at their next event this Tuesday, May 25th. I’d love for you to join me! I will be reading selections from my newest collection, Wild Life: Collected Works, and I will be
Photo by Nikolas Noonan on Unsplash This is kind of old news, but I’m testing my new website! I was so excited to see that my flash, “Muriel’s Cyclone,” made the finalist list for Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net. The piece was curated by Tara Masih for Mom Egg Review’s MER VOX folio series.
So honored to be invited to chat with writer friend Davin Malasarn on his new podcast, “The Artist Statement” through the Grantham Foundation! I follow the esteemed Colm Tóibín, who was featured in the inaugural episode. We talked about all things writing and flash fiction and I read a few of my stories, two newer
Friends, I’m hugely excited to take part in this year’s Flash Fiction Festival, co-sponsored by Hoot Review and A Novel Idea, to be held online Saturday and Sunday, February 27th & 28th! My workshop will run from 10:00 – 11:30 EST on Saturday, thus kicking off the whole weekend of awesome workshops, panels, and readings.
For the past several months, I have been writing short craft essays on flash fiction toward the goal of compiling them into a guidebook/workbook. Seeing so many writers feeling stuck or needing inspiration right now, I’ve decided to offer them in monthly installments (along with a writing prompt). I announced this on Twitter and sent
As the year to end all years winds to a close, I’m so honored and grateful to have been awarded the Copper Nickel Editors’ Prize in prose for my story, “Bear Walks into a Bar.” Here is an excerpt: