If you have ears you might like to get down to Listowel tonight to hear Joseph O’Connor read at the writers’ festival this evening.
https://writersweek.ticketsolve.com/mobile/shows/873514085/events
Month: May 2014
Butterfly Slouching Toward Babylon
So this is what I did today:
As you can see, it hasn’t just been all fun and games and men in people’s nostrils. Bill still won’t let me talk to people, since I have 100 pages or so to edit. But this latest and near final draft is limping to that great finish line in the sky. See you in 2020!
Go Pick Up “The Man in My Nostril”!
Volume II, Issue 2 of The Oddville Press with my short story “The Man in My Nostril” is now out!
I alluded to this the other day, but now everyone, including you, can now read this excellent issue from the hard-working bunch of folks at Oddville.
Head to their website and their downloads page, which is linked above, or you can download the PDF directly from here (it’s around 9MB if that sort of thing means anything to you).
Besides my amazing story about, well, a man in my nostril, it’s got some fantastic writing. Personal faves were “How to Cut Open Your Unicorn” by Jacquelyn M. Stolos, “Terminal Velocity” by Linton Robinson, “What the Bison Feel” by Mark Rigney, and “Peter’s Glass” by Andrew Davis.
It’s about as free as you’re going to get, so go grab a copy for your favorite PDF reader (like iBooks on the Mac or iPad or phone) or ask a friend with an electronic device to download it and print it out for you, or tattoo it on their back so you can sit back, relax, and have a read.
“The Man in My Nostril”
I have only mentioned it briefly elsewhere, but now that I have the advance reader copy in my digital hand I suppose I can trust that they’re not lying to me and that they will actually publish the story. My short story, “The Man in My Nostril” will be published in Volume 2, Issue 2 of The Oddville Press (due out any day now).
It’s a story about babies, nasal rinses, little men, and cats and I’m 75% sure you’re going to love it.
Making Space at the Library
I can’t remember who said it, but I read an author’s story, years ago, of how he kept motivated by making space for his as-yet-unpublished book on the bookstore shelves when he visited. He’d push aside the books to either side of the spot where his would go and just place his finger there for a few minutes. It was something I started doing, and my daughter will come along with me, if she’s around.
Well, I took a break from working on the book at the beautiful Los Gatos Public Library the other day to help the staff make space for Butterfly, a novel.
Coming soon…