I have no message as a writer.
Whatever an author platform is, you can buy a bunch of books to help you build one. I’ve read a number of them over the last year. They focus on blogging, social media, “content”, the author’s “brand”...
View ArticleConversations about literature and Anne Frank and whatever
—You shouldn’t drink that stuff. There’s enough caffeine in one can to power a village. —Isabella! Isabella! —I need the caffeine. This is terrible, the entire thing is a failure. I can’t stay awake....
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My super-duper “Sex and writing” article: now living in a Seattle lit...
A few months ago I wrote a post here about “the erotics of the writing act” that caught the attention of various very nice people — including the Seattle author Sarah Martinez, who I think will be...
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My triumphant hoax: wherein I reveal my role in the greatest blog hoax of the...
It was the most brilliantly executed literary hoax of all time. Okay, I’m overstating things because I was beaten as a child and want people to love me. Regardless, now that the joke is old and people...
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Hey, are you, too, bored with people hating 50 Shades of Grey in a vague and...
I’ve written about the Twilight-bashing bandwagon before, but thought I’d update it a bit now that the 50 Shades of Grey phenomenon is encountering its biggest backlash — you know, when even the people...
View ArticleI recommend the blog: MINDFUL PLEASURES
It’s time I shared this glorious literary blog with my followers. I love this guy’s blog. I’ve loved it for a couple of years now, and it’s stupid not to have shared it before. He’s opinionated but...
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Shut up, the book is FINE ENOUGH: criticism of criticism (of criticism)
Not sure what happens to you, but sudden brutal nausea is what happens to me when I get invaded, or ensnared, by little harmless thoughts. Seriously banal, petty stuff: the most obvious example is my...
View ArticleSome literary hoaxes are beautiful
Let me link you to one of the best, most bizarre articles I’ve read in months. Here it is. “When Dickens Met Dostoevsky” by Eric Naiman. It’s a long one. I don’t want to ruin it, because its effect...
View ArticleFor sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.
I’m pretty happy to have a story published over at Eunoia Review. I think the editor, Ian Chung, is set to make a nice difference if he stays on his literary path, so it’s nice to have him recognize my...
View ArticleJoining Angry Robot Books
I forgot to announce last week that I’ve joined the team at Angry Robot Books, a wonderful publisher of science fiction and fantasy novels, as consultant editor. (By “forgot” I mean I forgot I should...
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