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  • Literary Fiction vs. Genre Fiction: A War of Terminology (Video Blog ep 037)

    Literary Fiction vs. Genre Fiction: A War of Terminology (Video Blog ep 037)

    Click the image above to watch the video

    Literary vs. Genre. It’s a debate had mostly by linguistic and book nerds, one that honestly has no effect on anything important, so why even have it? Shut up! That’s why!

  • Part One of Three Dialogues on Literature with Pablo D’Stair and Caleb J. Ross, live at the Sunday Observer

    Part One of Three Dialogues on Literature with Pablo D’Stair and Caleb J. Ross, live at the Sunday Observer

    Increasingly, one of my favorite things is dialogue(ing) with Pablo D’Stair. He’s the sort of arm-chair thinker/drinker, literary critic type that I get on well with. Recently, he and I had yet another email back-and-forth, this one for the Montage section of the Sunday Observer (“Sri Lanka’s English Newspaper with the largest circulation”), where we wax on about genre vs. literary writing, the sound of language, what constitutes success, and more. Dare I say that this series is perhaps our most interesting dialogue yet (though, I reserve the right to someday find hidden genius in our past discussions).

    Head over to the Sunday Observer now get all icky with Pablo and Caleb sticky.

  • Colored Chalk, the zine: Issue One

    Issue OneI’ve been a member of an online writing critique group for a few years, out of which I’ve not only gained a growing understand of craft, but perhaps more importantly, I’ve developed close associations with some fantastic writers. Each year around November we return for another year of ego-brutalizing kinship, which leaves us deflated and disoriented, but not without a mutual understanding that every single moment spent suffering is a moment we’re allowed to nurture precious scar tissue.

    But even with the necessary humility we gain, there comes a time when a writer wants to experience the role of an editor. Who are those eyes able to tell the reading public what constitutes publishable fiction? Why them? Out of this curiosity came the Colored Chalk zine.

    For each bi-monthly(ish) issue a single editor will nurture the zine from theme to content selection to layout and design. This approach promises to produce material both diverse and representative of the overall sensibilities of the close-knit writing group as a whole.

    And who had the honor of editing the very first issue? Some jerk named Caleb Ross.

    Click over to www.coloredchalk.com to read the online version of the zine. The Colored Chalk website has been around for a while (much longer than the print zine), so take some time to explore its many offerings.

    The Colored Chalk zine, Issue One can be picked up for free in the Kansas City area at Nighthawks coffe
    and Prospero’s books. Both of these shops are KC favorites of mine, Prospero’s being a KC independent bookstore staple, and Nighthawks quickly becoming one. Click on the photos to be taken to the respective homepages    		 Nighthawks’ CoffeeProspero’s Books
    Colored Chalk Colored Chalk the website is an online collaboration community for writers, poets, artists, animators, musicians, composers, and vocalists. You can also find a printable version of this issue, perfect for distributing amongst your local ruffianariams.