Long time no blog for me! It was a hectic spring semester for me, to say the least. But I bring very glad tidings: I have been awarded a Fellowship with the Lambda Literary Emerging Writer’s Retreat. I am still dazed and humbled over the fact that my work (and therefore, myself) were selected. I willContinue reading “Lambda Literary Fellowship”
My Nerd Cred, Let Me Show It You
Despite my better judgement, I have been sucked into Vikings on History channel. I say “despite my better judgement”, because I usually avoid overly violent shows, and shows with too much rape or implied rape. (Hey man, there are some things I just don’t enjoy watching.) But . . . I was also a ScandinavianContinue reading “My Nerd Cred, Let Me Show It You”
The Status is Not Quo: Sexism in Fantasy
This past week, I had the misfortune of speaking with another fantasy author who thought that sexism in medieval fantasy “makes sense”. She was defending another author’s sexist assumptions about a work we were critiquing. I gave her what I hoped was my best are you fucking kidding me? look before proceeding to explain the obvious: “It’s fantasy.Continue reading “The Status is Not Quo: Sexism in Fantasy”
On Irony and The Hobbit
I have been duly informed that The Hobbit commits the grave sin of trying to imbue the story and characters with filthy, degrading Irony, of all things!!! I believe that Irony has become so crassly omnipresent that it is the most debased form of wit, far lower than jokes about unpleasant bodily functions and moribundedContinue reading “On Irony and The Hobbit”
It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few
I have seen this meme bouncing around the blogsphere the past few days, so I thought I’d give it a try: Tell me about a story I haven’t written, and I’ll give you one sentence from that story.
A Dull Dough Sours
I am currently putting together a writing sample for graduate school applications. I had thought I would write, rewrite, and revise a short story which had been brewing in the back of my mind since December. I made it 3/4 of the way through the story, and I utterly hated it. Not in a “wowContinue reading “A Dull Dough Sours”
Hot Damn that is My Jam: the Use of the Second Person
I love second person. There I typed it. I will hopefully hit “Publish” later and then this will be released, in black and white kilobytes, for any and all who surf that world wide web to shake their heads over and “tsk” at. I know that second person is not the most popular out there.Continue reading “Hot Damn that is My Jam: the Use of the Second Person”
Fiction and (Not) Reality
Tonight at the monthly Colorado Springs Writers Reading Series, I had the privilege of reading “The Racehorse” in the company of some very fine and very generous writers who shared their work as well. Before reading I asked the audience if anyone liked horses or horse-racing. About half a dozen hands went up and aContinue reading “Fiction and (Not) Reality”
An Excerpt from “The Greek Boy”
Last night at the Colorado Springs Writers Read Series, I read an excerpt from my short story “The Greek Boy”, which is about Lord Byron. In the final months of his life, Lord Byron was preoccupied with two things: supporting the Greek struggle for independence against Turkey, and his fifteen year old page-boy, Lukas. ThisContinue reading “An Excerpt from “The Greek Boy””
