Monthly Archives: March 2011

“So it took me a while to work up the nerve to write a novel. You need an extraordinary amount of faith I think to write one. It’s almost a religious endeavor. But I tried to keep in mind what … Continue reading →

This is a very nice list, put together by Erin Fitzgerald (thanks Erin). It features many wonderful writers (Mel Bosworth, Roxane Gay, xTx, Kathy Fish, Ethel Rohan, Ravi Mangla and Linsday Hunter, to name a few). Someone was kind enough … Continue reading →

I got some amazingly good news about my novel: The Sun will be publishing an excerpt. (No details on when yet.) This is a much-needed shot in the arm. It’s a book — called Believers — that I’ve been working … Continue reading →

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“I think fiction is all about the exercise of the empathetic imagination.” That’s a Jim Shepard quote from a new Rumpus interview. Jim Shepard is a great writer and a very nice man. And he has a new collection of … Continue reading →