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Featured Story: Filling a Hole (originally appearing in Potomac Review) Latest News: The July 2007 issue of The Distillery had finally been released, where you'll find my story "Modern Predators" tucked neatly in the back pages. This is the closest I've come to humor in my writing. May 14, 2007 In my shameless pursuit of self-promotion, I broke down and started a MySpace web page. Apparently it's not just for teenagers anymore. May 4, 2007 Volume XVII of The Evansville Review, where you'll find my story "Other Fine Gifts," is now available. My thanks to co-editors Heath Tuley and Kate Slavens for putting together such a beautiful journal. It's real nice to have one of my stories appearing three pages after a Billy Collins poem. March 18, 2007 The first print issue of The Summerset Review is now available, with "selected stories and essays from Fall 2002 through Winter 2007 on-line issues." Click on the magazine cover below for ordering information.  February 9, 2007 For anyone interested in workshopping abroad, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), is launching a pair of creative writing workshops this summer in their Moulin a Nef facility in Auvillar. VCCA fellows Helen Benedict and Stephen O'Connor will lead the fiction workshop (July 11-17, 2007), and Nick Carbo and Denise Duhamel will lead the poetry workshop (June 21-27, 2007). More information can be found at HERE. December 14, 2005 Just got word today that The Evansville Review is going to publish "Other Fine Gifts" in Volume XVII, their 2007 edition. November 8, 2006 The Fall issue of Connecticut Review must finally be coming off the presses, as CR's radio program, Writers in the Attic, is now broadcasting a new show featuring selections from the issue, including my story "The Waters of Casablanca." I'm going to apologize up front for reading too fast, but I'll share some of the blame with Microsoft Sound Recorder, which was pretty cumbersome to use. You can get the MP3 here, or listen Wednesday nights at 7:00pm on WECS 90.1FM. in Connecticut. August 24, 2006 My story "Raw Toscana" is one of fifteen selected for inclusion in The Summerset Review's 2007 print edition. This volume will cover Summerset's best stories from its 2002 - 2006 on-line editions. My thanks again to Joseph Levens for all his hard work and resourcefulness, not to mention for the exposure. August 21, 2006 I'll soon be out of touch and avoiding all forms of communication with the real world, as I go on my honeymoon to bask in the Pacific sun and surf on Kauai. We'll be back mid-Septemberish. August 16, 2006 I had the opportunity to meet up with my friend and fellow writer Tomi Shaw last month over a few Krispy Kreme doughnuts while visiting Louisville, Kentucky. Take some time and check out her work at TomiShaw.com.  The Summerset Review is live. Enjoy. May 24, 2006 "Modern Predators" has just been accepted for publication by The Distillery, a literary journal out of Motlow State Community College. May 1, 2006 My story "Raw Toscana" will be appearing in the next issue of The Summerset Review, due on-line June 15th. My thanks to Joseph Levens for a great edit. March 24, 2006 I spent my two week fellowship in the corn crib at the VCCA and managed to complete the sixth and final draft (for now) of The Hunger Artist. Now the search is on for a literary agent, which I'm afraid will take longer than it took to write the book.  February 21, 2006 I'll be leaving town in a few days for my residency at the VCCA. For anyone out there trying to reach me, you'll have to use the e-mail address on my contact page, though I may only be checking in every few days. January 23rd, 2006 Connecticut Review has begun broadcasting readings by their contributors on its radio program Writers in the Attic, and they just requested my story "The Waters of Casablanca" for an upcoming radio show and podcast. In addition to being available on the radio and archived on their website, www.connecticutreview.com, they're advertising Writers in the Attic as a podcast on Odeo, iTunes, and Podcast Alley. Writers in the Attic is broadcast on 90.1 WECS out of Eastern Connecticut State University on Wednesday nights at 7:00pm, just after NPR's MarketPlace. Date to be announced. November 29th, 2005 I just received word from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (vcca.com) that I've received a two week fellowship to work on my novel. Awarded by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation under their Creative Fellowship program, the residency will be from February 27th to March 12th, 2006. I'm feeling pretty jazzed about this. I got to speak with Alice McDermott last year at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference in Rockville, Maryland (I believe she spent time there while working on "Charming Billy"), and she had great things to say about the center and encouraged me to apply. October 19th, 2005 My travel piece "Cambodia Rising," along with a few of my photographs are now up at The Story Garden. This on-line issue featuring artists from the writers' group "Scrawl" is also available in print from Lulu.com. I just got back from Italy where in Florence I completed the fourth draft of my novel. I'm now tired, happy, and five pounds heavier. Photos, if they turn out well enough, to follow. September 14th, 2005 Tomorrow I'm leaving on the first leg of an extended vacation. As an odd prelude to Italy, I'm going to paddle for two days on the Gauley River in West Virginia. Then I'll fly to Rome on Tuesday, September 20th, make my way to Florence by Friday, and hopefully settle back into my manuscript. I'll be back on October 18th. I will be checking e-mail every few days in case anyone needs to contact me. Ciao. July 17, 2005 I'll be taking a month in Italy this fall for a needed work break and writing sabbatical. I have an apartment in Florence at 10 via de' Bardi for three weeks, and I'll be spending a few days in Rome on the front and back end to catch my flights. I intend to read, write, sketch, eat and drink -- at times simultaneously. March, 2005 -- Welcome . . . |
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