fiction

  • Tales from the Slush Pile

    Reading the slush pile has been very educational.  What I have learned is how to tell from a cover letter that I’m unlikely to like the story; I’ve been wrong exactly once. In my last post, I talked about how publication changes very little about getting published again. This is doubly true when you look at…

  • Nothing quite fails like success

    This is potentially one of those posts where I make a bunch of enemies. I’m sorry. But please keep reading. Recently, I’ve had some conventional writing success.  I’ve had a story published in Friend. Follow. Text.: #storiesFromLivingOnline.  I have a play that will be featured in a staged reading in Seattle.  I was selected for a…