We're well into The Turn of The Screw on the Re-re-read. Catch up on all our craft lessons from classic literature (including Dracula and Moby-Dick) here.
Friday, June 03, 2022
Friday, January 28, 2022
New(ish) podcast: The Re-re-read: Short Craft Talks on Classic Literature
In case you missed it, I'm updating and recording the old Borrowed Fire series from this blog. It's now a podcast. So far I've done a series of 5-10 minute talks on Dracula, and am now in the middle of Moby-Dick. Listen here!
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Bigfoot and the Baby: FINAL episode is up!
You can now listen to the entire novel in 52 convenient 5-10 minute segments. Listen to one per week, and you'll be done in a year!
All episodes are here.
Friday, April 30, 2021
Bigfoot and the Baby podcast episodes up through Episode 39
...approaching a milestone.
All episodes here.
Monday, March 22, 2021
Bigfoot and the Baby podcasts up through Episode 33
It's been a rough year (and more) for everyone, including Bigfoot and the Baby. But I've revived the podcast, and new episodes, through #33, are now up.
Monday, May 04, 2020
Monday, February 24, 2020
Episodes 17-22 of Bigfoot and the Baby are now up!
Meet the man who would be Bigfoot, and listen as celebrity swamps the Majesky family like a tidal wave.
All episodes here.
All episodes here.
Monday, November 18, 2019
Episode 16 of Bigfoot and the Baby is up!
Thursday, November 07, 2019
Episode 15 of Bigfoot and the Baby is up!
This is a story-within-the-story, the short life and tragic death of Harry Ricker's son Carl, for whom CarlsMart is named. If you don't want to commit to the whole novel and just want to hear me read a short story to you, jump in here.
If you do want to listen to the whole novel in 5-10 minute episodes, they're all here.
If you do want to listen to the whole novel in 5-10 minute episodes, they're all here.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Episodes 13-14 of Bigfoot and the Baby are up!
In Episode 14, Jackie meets a mysterious stranger who will change her life.
You can find all episodes here.
You can find all episodes here.
Thursday, October 03, 2019
New story up in Vice-Versa
The story of a robot who goes overboard for the woman it loves.
Vice-Versa is the University of Hawai'i e-zine, featuring poetry, fiction, essays, and an assemblage. I'm thrilled to find myself in such wonderful company.
Vice-Versa is the University of Hawai'i e-zine, featuring poetry, fiction, essays, and an assemblage. I'm thrilled to find myself in such wonderful company.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
New story up at Entropy Magazine
It's called "Better Than Ever," and it's about a woman who flies (for a while).
I first started workshopping this story with my writing group in 2014. I sent it to 23 places before it found its home.
So this is also a story about not giving up.
I first started workshopping this story with my writing group in 2014. I sent it to 23 places before it found its home.
So this is also a story about not giving up.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Monday, August 19, 2019
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Friday, August 09, 2019
Thursday, August 08, 2019
Wednesday, August 07, 2019
Bigfoot and the Baby is now a podcast!
Since Bona Fide Books went out of business late last year, I'm turning my book into a podcast. This is an effort to find a new audience for the book, and to reconnect with readers who already love it.
The first episode is here.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Health update with glass-half-empty / glass-half-full news
After my cancer surgery, I was waiting for another shoe to drop. Maybe I felt I got off too easy, since I didn't need chemotherapy. Maybe I was still beating myself up for whatever mistake(s) I might have made that led to the cancer.
Anyway, last month, there was a shoe. I hope it is the last for a long time. I decided to have a hysterectomy, mostly to prevent other kinds of cancer I could be more vulnerable to (the Angelina Jolie plan), and also to deal with a fibroid problem. This was supposed to be very easy, laparoscopic, minimally invasive. Except. There were complications, as they say. I won't go into details here, but instead of a two-hour procedure, I was on the table for over ten hours. I was in the hospital for two days, and then came home for a much longer and more uncomfortable recovery than I was expecting.
I'm now about 2/3 through that recovery, feeling better every day. I've been working, taking walks, and pounding out a series of especially creepy short stories.
But I'm going to postpone the breast reconstruction surgery I had scheduled for June. And I have about had it with what has become my mantra: "It could have been worse."
So here's a better mantra, I think:
Anyway, last month, there was a shoe. I hope it is the last for a long time. I decided to have a hysterectomy, mostly to prevent other kinds of cancer I could be more vulnerable to (the Angelina Jolie plan), and also to deal with a fibroid problem. This was supposed to be very easy, laparoscopic, minimally invasive. Except. There were complications, as they say. I won't go into details here, but instead of a two-hour procedure, I was on the table for over ten hours. I was in the hospital for two days, and then came home for a much longer and more uncomfortable recovery than I was expecting.
I'm now about 2/3 through that recovery, feeling better every day. I've been working, taking walks, and pounding out a series of especially creepy short stories.
But I'm going to postpone the breast reconstruction surgery I had scheduled for June. And I have about had it with what has become my mantra: "It could have been worse."
So here's a better mantra, I think:
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