read it loud, read it proud
My current project is a collection of narrative stories that are meant to be spoken aloud as much as read to oneself. Reading aloud is important for writers on several levels. First, hearing what...
Tagged: writing
author, author
I put up an author page on Amazon: https://amazon.com/author/penfold. I’m nearing completion on a few more stories, and may put some up on Amazon or Medium. Also, it occurred to me as I was...
kindred
TLDR Press has released its fourth anthology, the family-themed Kindred. It features 26 stories and poems (only a few poems, actually) by emergent writers. Proceeds go to benefit the Kempe Foundation, which fights child...
it’s stories all the way down
Have a read of this NPR article on Inuit parents and kids and using storytelling to teach about anger. Aside from being a topic of interest to parents, adoptive parents, and society in general,...
so…horror, or just horrible?
I’ve added my story, Every Leaf a Flower, to the website. I may put it up on medium, too. I originally wrote it for the redditwriters’ anthology, TL;DR: a Redditwriters Mixtape. I’m kind of...
yar! (yet another rejection)
The Masters Review just informed me that my submitted flashfic piece did not make the cut. Alas. Anyway, I’ve posted it here for your reading pursuits. It’s a fast read, just under 800 words,...
worst word for 2018, august edition
Some words make me want to chew my own face off. The reasons may vary wildly, but usually the dislike is triggered by a noticeable uptick in usage. August 2018’s Worst Word is: IMPACTFUL...
beta readers, beta readers, beta readers
I can’t overstate the importance of beta readers. I’ve been working on Bunny of Destiny with the idea that it was pretty close to done. But then. A friend from the #redditwriters group offered...
master of the book tour
I went to see David Sedaris on his 2018 book tour stop in Indy tonight. I went by myself; his humor isn’t Liza’s cup of tea. I paid more attention to the mechanics...
anthologically speaking
So a group of writers from the #redditwriters group banded together and wrote a bunch of stories. Several hard-working folks edited, curated, blended, blessed, and otherwise anthologized ’em up, with the result that tomorrow,...
