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“Thlush-A-Lum” is Available Now!
I am happy to announce that PULP Literature Issue #5 has officially launched, which means my horror short story, “Thlush-A-Lum”, is now available for purchase as part of the issue! You can buy Issue #5...
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Site Update and Newsletter Sign-Up!
Treasured Readers, The site has been quieter than normal as I’m in the midst of re-categorizing posts so the food/drink/travel section is easier to navigate. Thus, you can now access any of those...
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My Last Day Without You
Last month, in advance of its December release on DVD and VOD, I screened a little indie flick from 2011 starring Nicole Beharie of Sleepy Hollow fame. Beharie’s smiles are magical on Sleepy Hollow,...
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WisCon 39 Appearances!
Tomorrow, I fly out for my first WisCon experience. I’m super excited because I’ve heard so many great things about this conference from other writers. It has a heavy concentration on the craft of...
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Food, Drink, & Travel Blogging Has Moved!
What happened to the delicious posts on this site? They’ve gone back home to the Gourmez! In August 2013, when we moved to the Bay Area, I combined all my writing pursuits into the site you’re viewing...
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Still Seeking Validity, or, Self-Worth Struggles for Bread-Eaters
“I’m a writer,” I say proudly, adding on the descriptor of fiction, entertainment, or food and drink depending on the company. “But I don’t support myself or anything.” Ah, there it is. My caveat. Why...
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Nonfiction Bragging: Guest Blogging for Localwise!
About two weeks ago, my first guest blog for Localwise went up! Localwise, you say? What’s that? Well, my friends, it’s a Berkeley-based start-up that’s essentially a classifieds board for local jobs....
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Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook for Sale!
What’s that? I share a contributor credit with such famous speculative fiction writers as Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Mary Robinette Kowal, Alaya Dawn Johnson, and Jim C. Hines? You bet...
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Attractive Unattractive Americans: How the World Sees America
I was contacted to do a review for Attractive Unattractive Americans: How the World Sees America, a book written by René Zografos, an award-winning Norwegian-Greek journalist. It is published under his...
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Review of Amélie: A New Musical
Friday night, I attended a performance of Amélie: A New Musical at the Berkeley Rep. This was my first time attending a show at that theater—I’ve only lived in Oakland 6 months, y’all. And my biggest...
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Need Gift Ideas? Give the gift of (my) fiction!
Hey, it’s not a holiday season without an obligatory “Buy My Work!” post from an author. I swear it’s in the contracts we sign in blood with our publishers…somewhere…I seem to have misplaced them. Oh,...
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A Trio of Christmas Invasion Short Stories
The last year has been a big one for me in terms of reevaluating how I approach my writing career. One of the decisions I’ve come to is a desire to have my fiction out there in the world more often,...
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The One Word Story Project
In November, I stumbled across Rob Kristoffersen’s (@kristoffrable) One Word Story Project while browsing my Twitter feed. A group of authors writing stories each inspired by one word? Sounded like a...
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Review of the Novel Fox’s Anthology I
The Novel Fox is a small press, founded in 2014, that specializes in bridging the divide between talented authors and the new world of digital publishing. They have three branches, and Anthology I is...
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The Cold, Hard Facts of Life – Free Fiction!
This short story was intended to be part of the One Word Story Project. Each story in the project was to be inspired by an unusual vocabulary word, one that’s unfamiliar to most people. Unfortunately,...
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The One Word Story Project: Free Fiction!
As those of you who’ve read my short story, “The Cold, Hard Facts of Life,” already know, the One Word Story Project didn’t quite come together this year. But that doesn’t mean that its participants...
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Hear me at the Inkwell’s Leap Year Reading!
I am excited to announce that I’ll be participating in a literary reading in one week with At the Inkwell! Giving readings is one of my favorite parts of being a writer, though I also get just a little...
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Reading tonight at Liminal!
Tonight at Liminal, a feminist and womanist space for writers in East Oakland, I’ll be reading the Salvation of Soup, a personal essay I’m working on. Since mid-April, I have been a...
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New Short Story Publication Forthcoming!
I am thrilled to announce that my next science fiction short story will be published my Typehouse Literary Magazine! Typehouse is put out by the People’s Ink, a writers’ community based in Portland,...
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Final Liminal Writers in Residence Reading 7/8
This Friday night, you can catch me reading as part of the final reading session for the Spring group of Liminal Writers in Residence! What: FINAL Reading – Spring Writers in Residence and Workshop...
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