The insidious corporate "we"
I went on a little rant about one of my biggest corporate writing pet peeves, and today Slate was good enough to publish it: “We’re Going to Be Using ‘We’ a Little Less.”
Read MoreI went on a little rant about one of my biggest corporate writing pet peeves, and today Slate was good enough to publish it: “We’re Going to Be Using ‘We’ a Little Less.”
Read MoreJust a quick note to share the good news: Paranoid Tree nominated my story “I Saw Goody Proctor Help the Devil Rotate a PDF” for the 2024 Best Microfiction anthology!
Read MoreA very professional title for this post. I’m not freaking out or anything. Which is all to say: yes, what the title says. I’m writing a book. My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Practical Guide to Your Life After Their Death—based on my dead parents website—is forthcoming from Quirk Books.
Read MoreMy article made Salon’s list of their 10 most popular life stories of 2023. We’re #2! We’re #2!
Read MoreHope you’re enjoying my little Devil stories, because Paranoid Tree was kind enough to publish another: “I Saw Goody Proctor Help the Devil Rotate a PDF.”
Read MoreI never thought I’d be asked to write specifically for an audience of funeral industry professionals! But here we are. Check out my article “Funerals, Meet Millennials” for Connecting Directors. I also gave a presentation on the topic for Nerd Nite Louisville.
Read MoreToday Insider was kind enough to publish another article (a listicle, in fact) that I wrote based on my dead parents website: “My parents are dead. Here are the 5 most important things I’ve learned as executor.”
Read MoreIn October of last year, the devil paid me a visit—I hear he does that. I started writing lots of little micros, all featuring the Prince of Darkness in various forms. I’m honored that HAD published two of them this week.
Read MoreEver since I created My Parents Are Dead: What Now?, I’ve been writing more about the loss of my parents and how difficult it is to untangle their estate. I’m honored that Salon featured a personal essay of mine today: “My parents are dead—can I afford avocado toast now?”
Read MoreWhen my dad died in March, I became executor and successor trustee for his estate. I had lots of questions, and few answers. So I made a website about it: https://www.deadparentswhatnow.com
Read MoreBecause I’m usually working on longer projects, it’s rare for me to publish new stories in general. Two in one week is bananas. Enormously grateful to Necessary Fiction for sharing “Hell of a Game,” and to Okay Donkey for giving a home to “Ka, Ba, and Akh.”
Read MoreMy first publication of 2022 is here! I can’t thank Juked Magazine enough for sharing my story “Sanctuary.”
Read MoreI am THRILLED to see my story “Black Mass at Denny’s” in the latest issue of No Contact. I can’t get over the artwork they made for it. Incredible.
Read MoreThe story of how my little gunk poem came into the world. Yeah, I published a poem. I’m multifaceted.
Read MoreEvery summer, Kathy Fish holds a reunion for writers who’ve taken her Fast Flash workshop in the past; for three days in June she posts a prompt each morning, and the rest of us have at it, cheering on each other’s work as we go. My new personals ad for a deity, “SEEKING A NEW GOD FOR AFTER COVID (AND BEYOND),” was born from this year’s Imperative Writing prompt. The Daily Drunk was kind enough to give it a home.
Read MoreHere’s a fun fact about my writing: I often use lines from Mina Loy poems as prompts. My Paper Darts story “Radioactive Teeth” is an example of this; it was inspired by Loy’s poem “Gertrude Stein.” Another example is my story that trampset was kind enough to publish today: “The Princess Diana Experience.”
Read MoreSo pleased that Trash Magazine published my series of linked micros “True Love Travels on a Gravel Road” today! If you like Elvis Presley, marital bliss, and cars with weird names, this one’s for you. To celebrate, here are three facts about these pieces.
Read MoreI do miss writing in coffee shops, though—which is why, when Atlas and Alice put out a call for micros for their special GLOBAL PANDEMIC x THE THING I TOOK FOR GRANTED issue, I knew exactly what to write about. They were kind enough to publish my first-ever creative nonfiction piece “I don’t miss coffee, but” earlier this week.
Read MoreLast Friday, Jellyfish Review was kind enough to publish my flash “A Whole Breakfast”—a charming story of near-miss incest. Near-miss! I write happy stories, okay? Happy.
Read MoreNormally my involvement with Split Lip Magazine is limited to running its social media accounts—finding GIFs that fit with the work we publish, mostly. But this month I had the good fortune to review Incoming: Sex, Drugs, and Copenhagen, a collection of essays written by United States veterans.
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