[display_podcast] Most writers, whether hobbyists or professionals, would defend that writing is a compulsion. Yet despite this apparent need, writers find a lot a lot of ways to procrastinate (creating this podcast being one). In this episode, three Velvet members discuss why writing is so necessary, what keeps us from writing when we know we should, what keeps us writing once we start, and how helpful are writing exercises (Writers Digest would say “very;” their bottom line depends on it).(WARNING: We like tangents. Be weary)
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As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ll be one of a great group of writers to read at Leela European Café on April 9th in Denver. I’ve done a few readings in the past, despite the live aspect being something writers don’t often get to experience. I’ve been lucky, I guess. I am perhaps more excited to see and…
"These stories change you, and not just a little bit. Try to forget them, tell yourself they're not true, but it's no use. Whether you want them to or not, they're going with you." - Stephen Graham Jones, author of Don't Fear the Reaper and The Only Good Indians With Charactered Pieces, Caleb J. Ross presents a varied world of…
Chris Goldberg’s recent article at the Huffington Post states that men, in general, simply do not read. “But is it our fault?” he asks. “Or have publishers just given up trying to publish and market books that we want to read?” A sadly self-fulfilling prophecy? It’s true that we need writers, and publishers with the balls to market them, but…
Written reviews archive Eugene Cross' First of Our Choosing review | American Book Review, January 2013 Kevin Rabas' Spider Face: stories review | Outsider Writers Collective, October 2011 Kristin Fouquet's Rampart & Toulouse: a novella and other stories | Outsider Writers Collective, August 2011 Jamie Iredell's The Book of Freaks review | Outsider Writers Collective, August 2010 Ben Tanzer's My…
Here's hoping some of that mainstream audience can pull their heads out of their asses long enough to read Ross, and then be gloriously horrified. - Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin At the End of the World Jackson Jacoby is a motherless twenty-two year old boy with only the support of his crazy ex-military Uncle Marve and a kindred…
The child he loves. The idea of a child, he’s beginning to understand, is where everything will go wrong. William works as a human remains removal specialist, removing stains left by the dead. Whether by a bloody crime scene or a quiet domestic death, William is reminded each day of the frailty of human life. As his fiancée, Julie, nears…