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Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2012

Wigleaf, one of my favorite online lit journals, just released its annual list of the top 50 very short fictions of 2012. And I was very happy and honored to see that my story “Job History” (originally published in Moon … Continue reading

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The first thing that distinguishes a writer…

INTERVIEWER Do you need complete isolation to write or is it more portable than that? MARTIN AMIS I can write in the midst of—not very conveniently—but I can make progress in the midst of the usual family clamor. But it … Continue reading

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When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split

Raymond Chandler takes on his copy editor (via Letters of Note).

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Best Time of Day to Write?

These days, for me, there isn’t much of a choice. The answer to this question is: whenever I can. Mostly my writing happens in little snippets, here and there, an hour or two, three if I’m lucky. During the week … Continue reading

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2/29/2012 11:04 PM

That’s the last time I worked on my novel. Hopefully that will change today. It’s hard to dip back in after you haven’t done anything for a long stretch of time. You feel so far away. You feel like you’ve … Continue reading

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