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The results of the Bulwer-Lytton contest are in, and they’re pretty amusing. The Bulwer-Lytton contest, for those that don’t know, is an award given for the worst opening sentence of an imaginary novel. It’s run by Dr. Scott Rice, who was chair of the San Jose State English department when I was an [...] For the past few months I have been working on revising my novel Sliver of Light, at the request of an editor, to be more suitable for a young adult audience. She gave me some excellent tips for how to do this, and I did a little supplemental research by taking a look at some [...] Brian and I have a story in the new Image anthology This Is A Souvenir: The Songs Of Spearmint & Shirley Lee. All the stories are based are songs by the band Spearmint, which I had not heard of, but Eric Stephenson set contributors up with some songs, and I soon decided that the [...] Giving Critiques In an MFA workshop, you will give critiques — often for two or three pieces — every week. This consists not only in taking home a fellow student’s printed work and writing your critique down, but in a critique discussion with the rest of your class. I don’t know about anyone else, but [...] |
My Opium Den
After some thinking, I realized why I didn't finish this book (even as I racked up late fees from the library): I found the subject matter, the history of the region of England called Sunderland, interesting, but there was nothing about the...
Lovely art by Camilla D'Errico (who should be listed as a co-author) provide mood and texture for this story of a troubled young girl whose fantasy life becomes a bit too real when she visits a website called Make5wishes.com. The authors ar...
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