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Life is stranger than most fictions. The tough times continue and this has been a hellacious week. Hellacious, not as in ‘wah-wah’ my story was rejected, as in my heart physically hurt, as though the organ needed to be taken … Continue reading →

The wonderful editors at The Chattahoochee Review today published my ‘Tell-Tale Table’ to their blog. The table reveals the approximate percentage of actual, real-life events depicted in every story published in Hard to Say. Hard to Say won the 2010 … Continue reading →

A screenshot of the books I’ve read and added to my Goodreads account. So behind on so much else I’ve read and need to add, and so many more books yet to read and add, but this is gorgeous:  

In addition to the online excerpt of Chris Boucher’s generous review of Cut Through the Bone in this month’s Believer Magazine (which you can read here) I’m happy to also share this from Chris: “Whether they win or lose their … Continue reading →

Meet Coife (“Keefe-a”) Because, as you well know, I am lazy, do nothing, and have SO much extra time on my hands. I also LOVE sleepless nights and potty-training and saying ‘no’ ad nauseum and am in no way house … Continue reading →

I tried to get to Mel Bosworth’s novel, Freight (Folded Word Press, 2011), for a long time. I tried ever longer to get to write about Freight. Maybe we read every book at the perfect time. Maybe we write about what … Continue reading →

Heartfelt congratulations to Matthew Salesses on his nouvella The Last Repatriate (Nouvella Press, 2011). This beautifully written nouvella renders with fittingly brutal detail the horrors of war, torture and imprisonment. The gorgeous prose and gripping plot also testify to our … Continue reading →

I wish one and all the merriest Season and everything bright and wonderful in 2012.  

Kevin Barry is a genius. He is doing with his life and his gift exactly what he was put on this earth to do and continues the long and great line of Irish writers. His debut novel City of Bohane … Continue reading →

Today marks a year since Cut Through the Bone’s release. The book and I have had quite the year. Cut Through the Bone has sold over 1,000 print copies in 10 countries; was longlisted by The Story Prize along with … Continue reading →