Well, I had to cancel my plans at the last minute, and can’t attend AWP in DC this year. I’m really bummed, but sometimes life gets in the way – work, family, my MFA thesis, my next novel, time, money, you name it. Sometimes you have to take a pass.   Read More ...

Author Tod Goldberg (Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV), Burn Notice series) answers a few questions about low-residency MFA programs in preparation for his February 4th AWP panel on the subject.

I was lucky to recently have a Skype chat with Brian Evenson begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting, who book after book, continues to be one of the most impressive writers out there. I've long been a fan for a very long time, and in the world of authors, Evenson is about as close to celebrity as I'm comfortable admitting is out there. Here we discuss topics relating to his panel, extract below: S115. Crime, Horror, Sci‐Fi, and Fantasy... Seriously. (Anthony Smith, Brian Evenson, Stephen Graham Jones, Tod Goldberg, Mark Smith, Seth Harwood) Six writers of genre fiction who also teach and/or have graduated from university creative writing programs discuss how they approach genre fiction as a serious literary pursuit rather than as a lesser form of fiction. In addition, they discuss attitudes towards genre fiction in the university and how those attitudes have changed over the years. I want to personally thank Mr. Brian Evenson for taking time out of his day to chat with me. He has made this fanboy quite happy. Be sure to visit his website for details about this amazing author.

(This “a preview of…” style post is a new feature we are trying out. I’ll likely bump this thread as we get closer to the conference dates, but for now I want to get this out there to see how people like it) Where: Room 203 Colorado Convention Center, Street   Read More ...