March! So it is now March. Thanks to all who sent such kind responses to the cover reveal of What We See in the Smoke. June 6th can’t come fast enough! I will have more book news soon enough, but today I’m pleased to announce that I am joining The Hart House Review as an associate editor!Continue reading “Update: An Editor’s life”
Category Archives: Editing
Theory of Adaptation in Review
Note: Over the next two months I will be writing a series of very short reviews of both critical work and fiction for a special project. As there is nothing more I plan to do with these short reviews, I thought it might be appropriate to post them here over the coming weeks, if onlyContinue reading “Theory of Adaptation in Review”
Ventures! Ventures! Everywhere! On Terse Journal and the Family Care office
Wow! Am I ever going to run out of announcements? I’m excited and honored to announce that I am joining Terse Journal as the new Prose Editor! Terse is a wonderful space, and I am proud to call it home. I am looking forward to reading and publishing new stories following Terse’s new theme: Worlding PleaseContinue reading “Ventures! Ventures! Everywhere! On Terse Journal and the Family Care office”
A Short letter to myself and others, on the subject of Literary Reference
There is something which writers are guilty, When educated in literature. It is a vanity they cannot help, Poets, Hacks, Wretches, all suffer alike. * They are all trying to hide other works – Inside our own, love letters in letters Easter eggs of literature waiting To be found by readers with a sly wink.Continue reading “A Short letter to myself and others, on the subject of Literary Reference”
The Ink-Stained-Wretch
It’s hard to say where the expression Ink-Stained-Wretch originates. Though I have found almost no reliable sources, at least one researcher told me in passing that the phrase comes from Canadian novelist Hugh Garner. Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Deadeye Dick attributes it to Alexander Woollcott, but this is probably wrong as well. To great alarm, IContinue reading “The Ink-Stained-Wretch”
Explaining my Little Friend
Hello, my big friends and strangers. If you know me, then you probably know that I come with a constant stream of thought and sound. For this, I apologise, but I also must admit that it cannot be helped. You see, I cannot quite find a way ever to shut myself off. I talk andContinue reading “Explaining my Little Friend”
Writing in the Digital Age
The wastepaper basket is a writer’s best friend. – Isaac Bashevis Singer These words were true when the Nobel Prize winner Mr. Singer said them and they are true today, with a few key alterations. Not long ago, I was asked what it’s like to write in the 21st century, and I thought it’s aboutContinue reading “Writing in the Digital Age”
