When word came down that TriQuarterly magazine would shift to an online-only, student-run model next year, the news rattled many in the lit-mag community (yes, there is one). In look and editorial feel, TriQuarterly helped invent the formula for what we think of–or what we have thought of–as the small literary magazine, a print powerhouse… Continue reading »
Archives for Reading and Writing
Scheduling the Muse
How-to-write books have never had much appeal for me. I am happier when I learn by doing–and by reading other kinds of books. A teacher of mine in grad school used to say that bad novels teach you more about writing than good ones do; the also-rans and failures are cautionary tales, examples of what… Continue reading »
Back to School
So I took a month off from blogging without really meaning to. What that says I don’t know, except that I must have had things to do and places to be. Or maybe I’ve been lazy and distracted. I’ve done a little traveling this past month and a little fiction-writing. More on that anon. Anyway,… Continue reading »
Books Inside the Beltway
It seems I joined the so-called slow-blogging movement without intending to. Sorry about that. Time to get back to slapdash, off-the-cuff posting. So what *have* I been doing lately? I’ve been out to Montgomery College to talk to a continuing-ed group about the short story I wrote for D.C. Noir. The takeaway: It’s fun to… Continue reading »
Book Fair & Authors’ Night at the National Press Club
Tonight. Check it out if you’re in the vicinity and have $5 to spare. More info here.
