Opium’s Todd Zuniga.
Okay, time to get right to my interview with Todd Zuniga, editor of Opium magazine, host of one of the most popular reading series in NYC, and more.
Todd Zuniga
Tell me about the latest print edition of Opium and why my readers might want to buy it.
Opium’s print issues are spectacular in both […]
Behind-the-scenes at FAILBETTER.COM w/ Thom Didato.
The plans I had for my blog today fell through, so I grabbed Thom Didato of failbetter.com, and formerly of CLMP, for a quick interview about behind-the-scenes at one of my favorite literary magazines.
I love the name FAILBETTER. Tell me how you came up with it and what “failing […]
Truth or Dare with my contest winner!
Last week I ran a little contest with a mystery prize attached, and today, my winner HEATHER PENA, has agreed to play Truth or Dare on my blog. I adore her for this! She also chose this from my gift bag: a gift certificate for $1,000 off her next […]
Money?! For flash-fiction writers?!
I know most of us are used to writing for no pay so my ears always perk up when I hear of a chance for writers to actually make money. Here’s a little note from my pal and former co-worker, Tom Jackson:
Attention flash-fiction writers: If you enjoy reading your stories aloud, you’ll […]
Breaking news from Douglas Preston re: an arrest and a plea.
I got a note today from NY Times best-selling author Douglas Preston and cc’d to Italian journalist Mario Spezi hoping that maybe some of my readers can help. I’m going to post the note in its entirety (minus the salutations) and I hope someone out […]
Claire Cameron and The Line Painter - the road to publication.
If you’re here to read the note from Douglas Preston…Please click here. There is an update at the end of that post, and I thank you for the interest in his story.
What about the baby born in the car?In personal news, I mentioned over the […]
Meet the man who’s eating the entire works of Neil Gaiman.
I’m sure there are many out there who’ve fantasized about having a little nibble on Neil Gaiman …..
Photo please:
(My my my. Thank you for the photo, Robin.)
….But one man has gone so far as to set a goal of eating (yes, digesting) the entire works […]
My mom and I dish about Hillary Carlip’s memoir.
I was only on page 7 of Hillary Carlip’s QUEEN OF THE ODDBALLS when I called my mom and told her she had to go buy it that very day. I love reading books at the same time as my mom so we can talk about them. […]
A talk with the most rejected writer in the business.
My talk today is with the most rejected writer in the business, Gerard Jones, who keeps a public log of all his correspondence with agents and publishers at his site called Everyone Who’s Anyone. One of the reasons his site is so popular, besides the […]
Surprise! My mom interviews Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s mom!
Okay, to close out my week-long focus on Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s memoir, “I Am Not Myself These Days,” I have a little surprise for him: a mom-to-mom interview. I’m so excited about this!
So here is my mom (that’s me in the little nurse’s outfit)…
interviewing Josh’s mom (that’s little Joshie fixing […]
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