Music and creative writing have always coexisted for me. Not only do I write to music and edit to music, but now, music has been written to me. Confused? Be confused no more. Today at the Metazen blog I compare my story "My Family's Rule" to the song, "Saint Thomas," by the Tulsa, OK band Cecada. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff.
That blog post title, she jests. In fact, this episode contains a few minutes of me talking to myself in preparation for being a good influence at ESU. ESU approached me a few weeks ago to be the first of their authors to participate in the Fall 2011 Visiting Writers Series. I was and still am honored. Click the download button above to hear me fill some time in my car alone with a few words about the then upcoming reading. Show Notes and Mentions: Ron Carlson Dorthy Allison Peter Rock Yes, Jane Friedman teaches at the University of Cincinnati Here is the link to my interview with Jane at the 2011 AWP conference
In leiu of an actual blog post (due to the lack of an actual blog) ja tyler over at MudLuscious kindly allowed me to do a guest Facebook status at the MudLuscious Facebook page. I could post the entire status update here, as it comes in at around 400 characters in length, but I want you to get your clicking finger all sweaty. Click here to read the guest status update. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here
Though today's post over at the We Who Are About to Die blog isn't an officially scheduled stop on my blog tour, it is still a guest post and it went live during my tour, so there! I talk about what it's like to be a daddy author, as a contribution to We Who Are About to Die's We Who Are About to Breed series. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here
Way back in June 2011 when I started this podcast, my goal was to post a new episode each week. For those of you who look forward to weekly episodes I apologize for the absence as of late. I have good reason. But I'll be back soon enough. So, what the hell have I been up to? Submitting my final I Didn't Mean to be Kevin edits before submitting the final manuscript to Black Coffee Press Completing a 6,000 word short story for an upcoming fake biography of the band Paris and the Hiltons Completing a 3,000 word short story for an upcoming horror anthology Completing a 3,000 word short story for a Sri Lanka literary publication Starting a 25,000 word novella for a top secret project. More details to come when I'm given permission to spill the beans. My wife and I just bought a house and are in…
Authors and booze go together like authors and self-destructive tendencies. Also, apparently like poorly articulated analogies. A great book on the subject is A Drinking Companion: Alcohol and Writers' Lives. A great blog post on the subject of alcohol and authors is today's tour stop at the PANK blog. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here
