What are you doing with your old books?

From She Writes:
Right now, ReadThis is collecting books for the Women’s Academy of Excellence, a public all-women’s high school with a mostly low-income Afro-American and Latina student population. This school needs everything, from Shakespeare to dictionaries. Wouldn’t it be great if besides the Bard and Webster and the books by men other donors will surely [...]

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Thank you, readers of books.

During this almost-abstention from the internet during a writing/revising period, it only makes sense to post a heartfelt thank you to those who have bought (or found) and read Homefront, Carol’s Aquarium, or anything else I’ve ever written. I’m not one of those writers who would be content to put in the work just to [...]

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The importance of wording

SETTING: A lawn on the side of a busy road. Old tables, a rattan easy chair, an antique dining chair, vintage suitcases, a mirror with a burned aluminum frame, and various knickknacks are scattered in a yard sale display.
AT RISE: A buyer browses the baskets and figurines while waiting for a man at the residence [...]

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Carol’s Aquarium reviewed by POD People

Minimalist at its finest…
There are quite a few stories in the collection having to do with a woman’s anxiety as she awaits the return of a man at war. I believe Ms. Tsetsi has some experience with that, and so it didn’t surprise me that it would be one the major themes explored in [...]

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Winner announced, and a blog hiatus

The winner of the contest to win a signed copy of Homefront is Shannon Kinney – congratulations, Shannon! (If you missed the contest and the interview introducing it, you can still find it here.) Thanks to everyone who entered – it was a lot of fun to answer your questions.
More great interviews will follow at [...]

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Win a signed copy of “Homefront” – and more

Visit Backword Books to read Threshold author Bonnie Kozek’s fun and revealing interview with me, and to find out how you can win a signed copy of Homefront.
CONTEST ENDS THURSDAY, OCT. 29.
Some of the questions she asks:
1. The subject of military separation lends itself to gravity and heartache.  Yet, you’re funny.  And the book is [...]

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Something someone said over lunch

…has convinced me to break guilt-free from writing Dan Palace for a few days. Starting Oct. 27, I’m going at it full force.
(Will this be the first time I’ve said “I mean it”? If not, I really do, this time. I’ve given myself a deadline of Dec. 30 to finish writing and revising the first [...]

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A short story to suck up space for a few days

Another piece that originally appeared at Six Sentences:
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“Killing people is an art, he said”
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Jenny, drunk, slid to her knees and clutched and groped at his thighs, her chin raised so that she could look up into his face. “You’re embarrassing me,” he said, and he apologized to the other couple still sitting at the table [...]

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Interview with Henry Baum – and a chance to win his book

Look for instructions about how to win Henry Baum’s novel, The American Book of the Dead, at the end of my interview with him at Backword Books.
It is the easiest contest ever.

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Tune in tomorrow

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Henry Baum (interview to post tomorrow, the 16th) about his new book, The American Book of the Dead.

The interview is one that does not approach him from the perspective of a writer or someone interested in the literary elements and yadda yadda yadda, but from the perspective of [...]

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