I Don't Know About This, Guys.
"I just wonder how much of our brains we really have left and how much of the collective unconsciousness is mediated by social networking platforms, and how they're using that to just extrapolate...
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“It’s not socially acceptable for me to ten times a day lay down on the floor and curl up in the fetal position and grab the ankle of the nearest coworker of mine who passes by in the hall and start...
View ArticleYuvi Zalkow and the Creative Turn
I'm excited to let you all know that I'll be an upcoming guest on my friend Yuvi Zalkow's podcast The Creative Turn. Have you been listening to the podcast so far? Have you been watching the videos?...
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This Is Why I Have To Leave
I have a new post up on BLEED, the literary blog from Jaded Ibis Productions. Here it is: This Is Why I Have To Leave.
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"Hair Club for Men and the Peacock Lady" Best of the Net Nomination
I woke up to some very unexpected news yesterday: the editors at Bartleby Snopes nominated my short story "Hair Club for Men and the Peacock Lady" for Best of the Net 2013. Thank you, Bartleby Snopes!...
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Yuvi Zalkow's Creative Turn: Writing in the Raw
I had such a fun time being a guest on Yuvi Zalkow's Creative Turn podcast. We discuss, among other things: grief, rejection, gracious editors, drinking and submitting, having an eating disorder,...
View ArticleGrateful
It’s October in West Virginia and my camera doesn’t do justice. The orange, red, and yellow leaves here look fiery, glowing. I was here, right here, in October two years ago. I was about to learn about...
View ArticleKindness
Over the last few years, I’ve been fortunate to have a small number of essays, stories and articles published in various online and print publications. Through this process, I’ve made connections with...
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I’ve been in West Virginia for twelve days. It’s been fourteen days since I’ve socialized with anyone other than a friend of my grandma’s (we’ve had dinner twice). I’ve read six books since arriving,...
View ArticlePresent Tense
I've decided that Taylor Books in Charleston, West Virginia is my favorite place in this universe -- 1. for the obvious reason: it combines all the things I love most (books, literary magazines, art,...
View Article103 Things I Did To Avoid Writing
I have a new post up at BLEED. You can read it here: 103 Things I Did To Avoid Writing.
View ArticleSad and Broken
What makes me crazy about nasty comments on the internet is not the comments themselves, but the sad, broken people those comments reveal. I find myself thinking about those sad, broken people, wanting...
View ArticleThe Process
Do I ever have a treat prepared for you today. I know that as a famous* writer, people are very curious to know how I spend my days, how I organize my time. Now that I'm living in isolation, mostly...
View ArticleHere's What I Know
I know there's a lot I don't know.I know that pretty much everything I want in life right now is in opposition with something else I want.I know that I'm not 22, or 26, or even 30, so this uneasy...
View ArticleSomething Good
It’s been a while, and where do I start?I could start with the dream where I found myself inside an old lover’s house. I was going through his drawers and found his new lover’s underwear. I wanted to...
View ArticleThis Is What I'm Doing With My Life Right Now
Here's something I've noticed recently. Often when I say something along the lines of "Lately I've been struggling with X," the response I receive is some variation of "I think you should" / "Maybe you...
View ArticleThe Fondue Report
I haven’t updated my blog in a long time and lately there’s been an influx of people commenting on what’s already on here. It always feels strange when people present-tense comment on things I wrote...
View ArticleSuperThank
I recently participated in SuperThank, a live storytelling event where seven speakers thanked people and organizations who influenced our lives. A radio version of the program will air today, Friday,...
View ArticleMy Current Life, Summarized
Q.) What have you been up to lately?A.) running a half marathon sending my book out to agents amassing a collection of rejections getting ready for my dad's retirement spending a...
View ArticleThis Is What Rejection Looks Like
Condensed:This project doesn’t seem quite right for us. It isn't the right fit for me at this time. the project you describe does not suit our list at this time. we are forced to be extremely...
View ArticleA Silly Thing
Writing is one of those silly things. People complain about it a lot. We complain about the amount of effort it requires. The rejections we endure. The low monetary benefits. The amount of sludge...
View ArticleWriting Process Blog Tour
It's been about a year since I met Brian Benson, a writer whose memoir is about to be released into the wild via an awesome book-bike tour. In addition to being a charming, endearing (I know those...
View ArticlePerpetual Nausea = Writing
Being a writer is the condition of perpetually being in a state of one of the following:-Pre-wrting nausea-Writing nausea-Rewriting nausea-This Is The Best Thing Ever Written And Why Isn't It Published...
View ArticleThe Neighbors Don't Take Kindly To Him
I have a new essay up at Medium / Human Parts.Before I link to it I should mention a few things. Things like: I've had a rough writing year. It's been difficult to get things down on the page for a...
View ArticleTumbling
I'm trying to get more into Tumblr because it seems more Of This Century than Blogger. I wrote a long rambling thing and thought about cleaning it up and submitting it somewhere, but instead opted to...
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