One of my literary heroes, Daniel Allen Cox, is featured in this week's "Three Dollar Bill" column in the Hour. Daniel's latest book is called Krakow Melt, and I'm eagerly awaiting my review copy from his publisher, having absolutely adored ...Read More
This is the title of chapter six of my novel. It may not necessarily end up as chapter six in the final draft, but that's where it is for now. I'm trying to stick to chronological order, at least in ...Read More
This morning I woke up early to take a crack at the book. It was somewhere around 5 AM, and after I wrote down what had come to me, I hit up Twitter to see who else was up and ...Read More
I can make a million for you overnight. That's a line from the Beatles' excellent song, Paperback Writer, but it got me thinking when a friend posted it as her Facebook status the other day. The concept of the song is ...Read More
The latest issue of ReadyMade features a piece called "Required Reading," which highlights a London institution called The School of Life, where "bibliotherapists" prescribe books to their "patients." Give your bibliotherapist a list of your reading preferences and some life ...Read More
It's 6 pm on Sunday, 6 hours after the close of the WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest (as mentioned in my previous post). This round's prompt was eerily reminiscent of one of the previous contest's prompts, which had me pulling ...Read More
I'm not the biggest fan of writing contests, as I'm a firm believer in not paying someone to publish my work, instead preferring to collect a paycheck whenever anyone uses my words. Still, sometimes you make exceptions, like when the ...Read More
Although I had set up a GoodReads account a while back to catalogue my haphazard reading materials and try to get myself into the habit of writing up at least mini-reviews of the books I devour, I never really thought ...Read More
I've gotten a few sample cover designs from my photographer, *safe solvent™, and I'm bringing them to you guys for a vote. Which is your favorite? I've got one in mind, but I'm curious to know what my readers think. ...Read More
I have been pondering my book's progress, as I sit down to write each day, and have come to the following conclusion: Writing a guidebook is fucking boring. Why? Because reading a guidebook, cover-to-cover anyway, is a terrible idea! Now, even though my ...Read More
