Writing
Jimmy’s Planet
In Second Grade, our teacher said we would Make Books. She had a special book stapler, and a collection of wallpaper samples we could pick for our covers. First we would write out our stories and count the words so Read more
Writing
Top Blog Posts of 2019
Checking my analytics, these are the blog posts that got the most page views for 2019:
Blathering
Journals
I started keeping a journal in sixth grade English class. I still have that much-doodled yellow folder. There’s a certain lack of candor in it, not knowing how to say exactly how I feel yet. It was a dark time Read more
Writing
Time Travel Physics
This blog post topic was suggested by Svetlana del Rey Now, I’m no physicist, but I am a time travel nut. The very first stories I wrote as a kid all had time travel in them. Blame Dr. Who. My Read more
Writing
Sandra and Andrei
My very first novel, crafted in a yellow folder that held loose-leaf paper on those little metal tabs, was an attempt at autobiography. (There is a certain type of person who feels a need to write their autobiography at eleven, Read more
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Franz Kafka and the Bra
When Franz Kafka met Felice Bauer and declared his love for her was as passionate and as authentic and as painful as all his attempts at pure existence, women were just discovering the brassier. It was the cool new life-hack Read more
Writing
My Year in Publication
It’s time once again for the end-of-year list posted early in case anyone wants to cheat off of it for their own end-of-year lists. Another very productive year! I had ten short stories come out in 2019: “Knit Three, Save Read more