The book fair consumed most of my first day at AWP 2014, but I do want to write briefly about one very worthwhile session from Friday morning: “Fiction, Memoir, and the University Press.” Moderator Alden Jones and panelists Ladette Randolph, Douglas Bauer, and Raphael Kadushin discussed their experiences as authors and editors at university presses, specifically the University …
A question that nearly all writers who are bloggers—especially writers who are in the early years of their career—often ask, if only to themselves, is whether they should include on their blog any parts of their works in progress, or if they can ever turn what they blog into a traditionally published book. There is …
Fiction chapbooks are “bites of fiction that are complete and lovely.” ~ Diane Goettel The AWP 2012 Conference session that offered the most pleasant surprise was “The Fiction Chapbook—A Sleeper Form Wakes Up,” presented by these editors and publishers: Nicole Louise Reid, Editor at RopeWalk Press Eric Lorberer, Editor at Rain Taxi Review of Books …
Happy Friday! You can read my short story “See Also” in the new online spring issue of The Adirondack Review. Today, rather than try to post during the day, I’m going to focus on taking notes and soaking in AWP conference sessions and extensive exhibits, and perhaps share a few thoughts on Twitter (you can …
Ben Myers, in a piece in the Guardian yesterday on the public role of the private writer, bemoans the fact that “we’re living in era where a writer can’t just write. They have to be out there.” No kidding. Last spring I attended a local writers’ conference. I hadn’t been to one in a few …