Category Archives: shorts

Nomination Time: Love In the Time of Dust and Venom

  I’m not one to do a lot of self promotion, but my short story from last year, Love in the Time of Dust and Venom makes me eligible for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

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2013: The List and the Lessons

This year (2013) has definitely been the year of the short story. I read more than a dozen short story anthologies and nearly 100 (as yet) unpublished shorts by writer colleagues in writing workshops. I also read more books this year … Continue reading

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Changing Gears

Now that GLAMOUR is done, and I’m in the query cycle, I’m taking this week to recover by cleaning up my office, preparing for an upcoming class I’m taking on editing (I’ve got eight workshop-buddy critiques to write), and starting … Continue reading

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