I’ve been pretty busy lately (those cookies won’t bake themselves, and those bottles of Christmas ale won’t drink themselves, either), but I’m finally getting around to posting about my latest lit mag publication. Three Coyotes is a rather new — and quite lovely — journal. My story appears in the second issue (Vol. 1.2, Summer/Fall […]

I have a confession to make. I’m getting a little burnt out taking pictures of my cats with publications. It might be because I’m always rushed and don’t take the time to wait for the perfect photo opportunity. Everyone knows you can’t dictate a cat’s schedule. Even so, I tend to do something stupid like […]

My short story “To Elizabeth Bishop, with Love” appears in the current issue of Inkwell. Here’s Cirrus lounging around with his copy. And that book he’s sitting on? Elizabeth Bishop’s Geography III. I’d like to point out that in our entire photo session, Cirrus never once tried to sit on the Inkwell issue. Either he […]

Last week, when I posted the photos of my cats with the American Literary Review, the whole thing felt a little bittersweet. Yes, the cats looked absolutely delighted to be photographed with lit mags as always (and the whole cat-photo thing is definitely not weird/ridiculous/pathetic at all). But ALR was the last print journal slated […]

My contributor copies of the Spring 2011 American Literary Review came last week. My short story “Living Arrangements,” the title story for my collection, appears in this issue. This story was a catalyst for my submission period last year. I have some very supportive writer friends who really got behind this story and told me […]

My Crab Creek Review copies came, so I dutifully set out to photograph them with my cats as promised. Turns out that cats don’t really like having literary magazines shoved in their faces. Who knew? But this post is also an excuse to introduce Saucy and Cirrus, which I haven’t done in an official capacity […]

I recently went on a somewhat impulsive Powell’s mini-binge — just a few books I’ve been meaning to read yet never seemed to get around to finding in the library or remembering to pick up when I’m in a bookstore. So here we go! What I Was by Meg Rosoff Circling the Drain by Amanda Davis […]