The magical true love wand of love
24 May 2012 Leave a Comment
I’m going to try to update this regularly, at least once a week. We’ll see how that goes.
Let me preface this by saying, I am one of those people who believes that dumping on the very industry you’re trying to break into is a very, very bad idea. That’s why I’m always so hesitant to openly criticize YA novels on Facebook, Goodreads, my blog, etc. But I’m just here to make observations. *cough cough*
Basically, this post is about my frustration with the idea of “true love” in YA novels. It’s long, so I’ll break it here.
04 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
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My latest short story, “Betula,” appears in issue 8 of Liquid Imagination. While I would love to say that more will be coming soon, working on my MFA is taking up much of my time, but with any luck a wonderful manuscript will come out of it. Stay tuned.
One last thing
31 Dec 2010 Leave a Comment
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Read “Steps for Demagnetization” at For Every Year. Also, happy 2011, etc. Don’t get too drunk.
20 Dec 2010 Leave a Comment
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My short story, “Mr. Guttenburg,” is now available on page 24 of issue 6 of Barrier Islands Review. Only the most current issue is free, so read it soon!
26 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
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My piece, “This Shit Could Dissolve Paint,” is now on the front page of Opium Magazine.
Also, Awkward Two is now out. Consider buying a copy. It’s honestly really spectacular. They even made a couple of films based on some of the stories. Sadly, mine didn’t make it off the drawing board, but you can still see the others, and read some awesome stories, including two of mine.
The issue was reviewed at Blogcritics. Lovely comments about my work are at the bottom of the first page. If I don’t seem excited, it’s only because I pulled a muscle in my neck in a completely unrelated incident.
12 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
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If you’ve never heard of “The Thief and the Carpenter,” you might want to head out to your local YouTube and watch the fan-restored copy of it. This movie is pretty much the perfect example of overthinking things. It took almost thirty years to make, and when you look at every frame, you can tell. Somehow, the three decades it took made this movie simultaneously wonderful and awful, mostly because the art influences of the 70′s don’t always mix well with the art influences of the 90′s.
Richard Williams, the director, intended for this to be his masterpiece, and something that could out-Disney Disney. And I think the trick to it that he missed is, you can’t really just make something with that intent. I want to know if at some point someone in charge said, “Can’t we just make a really good movie?”
Anyway, part one is below. You should watch.
Vampires and other things that no longer scare you
04 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
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Hopefully this will change that a bit. My short story, “The Isolated,” is now available for reading or listening (fancy!) at The Shadowcast Audio Anthology.
Click here to enjoy.
Tonight I’ll be going to see Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I’ve heard good things. I’m excited.
Your new best friend
02 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
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This is a place for writing related news. And also non-writing related news. But I’m terrible at blogging. So probably only writing related things with smatterings of how much I love other things. Like Disney.
For now, the About page above is a better way to learn about me.
