In response to fellow Goddard-ite and AWPer Anthony Connelly, here are a few of my favorite things from last week: Meeting Kevin Morgan Watson from Press 53 in person. I am so thrilled to be working with him and the press. Catching up with old friends like Kevin Rabas, Ann   Read More ...

Best line of the morning. Spoken during a panel on the Nitty Gritty of Publishing. One of the panelists was talking about how many writers think that their audience is just other writers. To paraphrase: “Don’t think that. All the writers in the country are in this building. I hope   Read More ...

..can keep us from AWP. One look out the window and it’s difficult to imagine spring will ever arrive, despite what the Groundhog predicts. I am in upstate New York and will leave soon with a fellow writer to drive south to DC. The weather here isn’t nearly as bad   Read More ...

I’m about to turn 41 and being any kind of “virgin” doesn’t happen much anymore. But yes, I am an AWP virgin. As of right now, 6,605 people have pre-registered for the conference. That makes me a bit nervous as I don’t like crowds. So besides scanning the bookfair layout   Read More ...

Wow, what a great conference. I was really hoping that I could post a lot during the conference but I overestimated the capabilities of my “smartphone.” Oh well, now I know not to trust modern technology. I’ll upload the videos from AWP that I took. One is Patricia Smith from   Read More ...