Author Archives: Andrew Roe

Issue no. 5 of Freight Stories is now live. Check it out. Includes a new story from my pal Alicia Gifford, as well as offerings from Ron Burch, Jason Skipper, Rachel Furey, Michael Martone, Margaret McCullan, Bryan Furuness, Victoria Patterson … Continue reading →

Ever wanted to tackle reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest? This summer would be a good time. Here’s the call to action from the newly launched Infinite Summer website: “Read Infinite Jest over the summer of 2009, June 21st to … Continue reading →

That’s what John Irving does. When he’s writing a novel, he writes the last sentence first. Then he writes the rest of the book toward that last sentence. I’ve often heard writers say they write a first sentence and then … Continue reading →

This reminds me of someone I used to work with (via The Onion again).

Courtesy of Ethan: “Mommy, you’re so… awesome. “Daddy, you’re so… cool. “I’m so… inspiring!”