5/1/17 May Day: New Story Published (“The Fun that Clowns Can Be”)

May 01, 2017

Got back yesterday from the Hill Country Film Festival in Fredericksburg, TX where one of my screenplays was a finalist. Very welcoming people there and compelling range of films: from shorts to feature length dramas, dromedies, and documentaries.

Today, quite gratified to have found a home for “The Fun that Clowns Can Be” at Body Parts Magazine.

Black Box Writing Residency Reading March 4th, 2017

March 03, 2017

I’ve worked with the fiction students who will be reading tomorrow night. Come check them out as well as the visiting writers!
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Black Box Speaks: Readings from the Writers Residency, an evening of fiction and poetry on Saturday, March 4th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Texas A&M Memorial Student Center’s Stark Gallery. This event is brought to you by Texas A&M University Writing Center & Department of English.
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More info: http://calendar.tamu.edu/writingcenter/#event_id/22142/view/event

Reading Event in San Marcos: Thursday, March 2nd

March 01, 2017

I’ll be joining other writers  tomorrow from the Texas Weather anthology for a reading at the Center for the Study of the Southwest at Texas State in San Marcos, Tx.

http://www.txstate.edu/cssw/news-events/events/texas-weather-reading.html

New Year Slouches In, Ready or Not 2017

January 23, 2017

Well, the world keeps turning, eh? Here are a few writing and teaching updates:

1. New microfiction, “Strange Music,” at Gris-Gris.

2. Interview up regarding “The Handle” at Psychopomp Magazine.

3. Besides the new semester of 2017, also now teaching for the Blackbox Writing Residency starting this weekend at A&M.

Autumnal Updates

October 23, 2016

1. Enjoying a productive semester at Texas A&M University teaching creative writing and world folklore/cultures/literature.
2. Got promoted to Instructional Assistant Professor.
3. Psychopomp Magazine  included my story, “The Handle,” for their July 2016 issue, which can still be read here: https://www.joomag.com/magazine/psychopomp-magazine-summer-2016/0199704001466174689?short
4. Busy at work revising novel after the helpful input from the Taos Writers’ Conference, which took place in Santa Fe this last July. John Dufresne taught the Master’s Class focusing on novel revision.
5. Read with one of my students a couple days ago as part of the BIG LAAH Reading: we both shared excerpts from our novellas.
6. That is a picture of a couple of my puppets who attended the reading.
7. One of my colleagues at Texas A&M (and a Bowling Green State University MFA alumna!), Gabriel Scala will be reading her poetry in the next installment of the BIG LAAH series: catch her on Thursday, November 17th at 4:00 PM in the LAAH building, room 453. And check out her webpage here: https://jgabrielscala.com/