I enjoyed the picture of a life in writing and publishing that I get from this interview with Clare MacQueen on the excellent Writers N Readers II blog, founder, editor and publisher of KYSO Flash, who also works on Serving House Journal and a number of other publications. Clare was the second person to publish my [...]
I'm so excited about the latest anthology from KYSO Flash (that's Knock Your Socks Off Flash) publishing my story, "Marcus," in the excellent company of 143 other stories, poems and trans-genre pieces. "Marcus" is a story that came out of a writing prompt, "crass," so be warned.... I enjoyed creating a narrator quite different from myself and [...]
I went to Kaleidoscope Cafe in Point Richmond today to grade some papers.... and stumbled into an open mic! open mic at Kaleidoscope 7:30 on Thursdays So I read "Uprising," the prose poem that will soon appear in Writers Resist. Fun to share some words and listen to some more, here among [...]
Sea of Pink at Women's March. Photo by Brian Allen, Voice of America. Copied from www.pussyhatproject.com I am so excited to see so many artists, writers, musicians, and others raising their creative voices to resist the frightening unfolding of the current Administration. One of those expressions of resistance is WritersResist.com -- [...]
Just pickled pink to read with Grant Faulkner, Stace Budzko, R. O. Kwon, Britt Haraway, and Dan Moreau to celebrate the 2016 Best Fast Fiction anthology, at Flash Fiction Collective, hosted on Feb. 2nd by Kirsten Chen. Flash Fiction Collective puts on a great show, great writers and a nice vibe -- check them [...]
"The best of these fictional vignettes are like a splash of ice water in the face. Wake up, they shout, your life is unspooling. They create their emotional effects with a quick windup and a powerful release, often a final, lingering image." That's how Lisa Mulleneaux's review of Best Small Fictions 2016 concludes, and I [...]
Melanie Westerberg reading at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts On Monday, April 11, 2016 I read from my novel-in-progress, Palomar, in the beautiful gallery at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, Nebraska. (That town is gorgeous in the spring!!) My fellow resident fiction writer, Melanie [...]
Best Small Fictions 2016 has been published and is available through your favorite bookstore, local and Indy or otherwise. I can’t wait to read it… But as I am travelling in Spain and my copies of the book are waiting for me at home, I have to wait one more week. It has been [...]
Stuart Dybek, the guest editor of Best Small Fictions 2016, which includes my story “Carnivores” just gave a terrific interview to The Rumpus. He talks about writing flash fiction and what makes it work, among other things. Check it out! http://therumpus.net/2016/08/the-rumpus-interview-with-stuart-dybek/
So thrilled that my story “Carnivores” is included in this Anthology! And proud that of the many excellent works nominated for various prizes, mine was one of only two that was selected (for Best Small Fictions 2016, edited by Stuart Dybek). I’m very much enjoying reading the other works in this Anthology as well [...]