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November 11, 2018

Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction From a Small Planet Volume III — Book Launch

Although Volume III of Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet has technically been out since mid-October, we held a book launch celebration…
November 11, 2018

Virginia Writers’ Club Symposium

Last weekend I attended the Virginia Writers’ Club annual meeting, which included the organization’s centenary celebration, and its 2018 Symposium: Navigating Your Writing Life….
October 30, 2018

Professional Development Weekend

I graduated from the Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program in 2003 (the first graduating class of that program). It was a fantastic two-year…
October 29, 2018

I’m Board

Some writers are virtual hermits, barricading themselves in their dens/studios/garrets in order to bleed onto the page in private. I admire that sort of…
October 26, 2018

Guest Post: A Case For the Mainstream, by Jody J. Sperling

A group of cougars live outside Los Angeles. They are testament to the amazing adaptability and strength of living creatures and metaphorical cautionary tale…
October 24, 2018

The Indiana Authors Award

The Indiana Author Awards are sponsored by the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation and the Indianapolis Public Library. Each year for the past ten…
September 27, 2018

A 3-book deal

First, there was Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet Volume I. Twenty stories by twenty writers set in twenty countries. The theme of Volume…
September 25, 2018

Everywhere Stories: Publication Day Approaches!

A big box of books arrived at my house yesterday–the first copies of Volume III of Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet.  The…
September 24, 2018

Writing Goals Update

At the beginning of the year, I set some writing goals, which you can read about here. The goals were, intentionally, ambitious. With the…
September 7, 2018

Book Review: Shelf Life of Happiness by Virginia Pye

Shelf Life of Happiness by Virginia Pye Press 53, October 2018 Reviewed by Clifford Garstang   Full disclosure: the author is a friend of…