It's been a long time since I posted a mix of the month, but the CD Mix of the Month Club hasn't been mixing it up very often lately. A few of us convened for karaoke earlier this month, though, so I figured that was enough
Today is the 200th anniversary of the London Beer Flood. I'd tell you all about, but Kyle Thiessen explains it far better than I ever could (and the Boston Molasses Flood too) in his Fake Month at the Museum series: So wherever you are, raise a glass today
[Amazon customer support chat session in progress] Me: Thanks for the help. Amazon: awesome and tell me, is there anything else i can do to make you smile today? Me: You could tell me a joke. Otherwise, that's all. Amazon: Well i can :-) three old folks are sitting
This post about The Bone Clocks contains mild spoilers. When grappling with works of genre fiction, most mainstream literary critics can be counted on to demonstrate a peculiar tone-deafness. Take the case of The New Yorker's James Woods, who calls David Mitchell's new novel The
A reader writes to ask: I'm finalizing a manuscript and your templates are so helpful. One thing I can't seem to find addressed is the use of quotes - a poem or just a quotation from a person, at the beginning of a chapter. Since I would
A reader writes to ask: I enjoyed reading your article about formatting short story submissions, but wondered whether the Name/Title/Page# thing is necessary for electronic submissions. I have a story ready for submission to EQMM. There are essentially two kinds of electronic submissions: text pasted into the body
Bill will read a personal essay as part of the November edition of Boundless Tales at The Astoria Bookshop in Astoria, Queens.
Bill will read a short story as part of the November edition of Tuesday Funk at Hopleaf in Chicago.
Little neighbor girl Waving to a cardinal: "Parrot! Hi, parrot!"
This poem debuted live at Tuesday Funk #48 in Chicago on September 4, 2012, the same day it was written. I've submitted it to a few editors since then, but since they (probably sensibly) turned it down, my birthday present to myself is to publish it here. It
By the way, the vicious rumor that I sold 49% of my soul to the Devil is 99% true.
The good folks over at Sinister Regard (chaotic good, that is) have twisted my arm into telling you that a handful of my old books will soon be made available as ebooks on multiple, not to mention in some nice new print-on-demand editions. This includes not only the
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