Of Words and Dogs and Little Fishes*
I feel so blessed that I can "work" from home as a book reviewer, essayist and occasionally as a literary...
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2016 Aurealis Awards Finalists Announced
Americans have the Nebula Awards. The Brits have the BSFA Awards. And the Australians have the Aurealis Awards. Aurealis is...
2017 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced
Many folks know about the SAG Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards. There's lots of hoopla surrounding it, lots of...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Making Sausage
In last week's 2nd Annual NerdCon: Stories convention, held at the Minneapolis Convention Center, I attended a panel discussion entitled...
Six Diverse Writers Are Named 2016 MacArthur Fellows
Poet Claudine Rankine, writer Maggie Nelson, artist and writer Lauren Redniss, "long form" journalist Sarah Stillman, graphic novelist and comic...
2016 Emmy Awards – The Writers
Lest we forget, stories come in many forms. While we often think of them mainly in terms of novels, short...
Gimbling in the Wabe – A Story Unto Themselves
Over the last few years I've been writing the "Literary Birthday" blurbs that appear Monday through Friday on the LitStack...
Gimbling in the Wabe – What Michael Phelps and I Have in Common
Well, the honest answer to "what Michael Phelps and I have in common" is, practically nothing. He's a young, strong,...
Gimbling in the Wabe – In Which I Divulge a Secret
I have a secret I'm going to share with you. It's not that searing of a secret, just something I...
Review and Giveaway: The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
In celebration of the paperback release of The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, Viking Penguin is giving away one copy of...
