Nancy Fulda has posted an interesting blog on writing workshops:  “Critique Groups as an Unreliable Narrator.”

It kicked loose some thoughts I’ve maintained about writing workshops for some time. I’ve been a member numerous times of the Sycamore Hill Workshop in North Carolina, and Judith Berman’s Nameless Workshop in Philadelphia (now defunct), and ( Read more... )

And seems to "get it" very well.  Review here.

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The September 26 episode of Hour of the Wolf, featuring an interview with and reading by yours truly, is now posted for streaming at your convenience.  It includes a live reading of "The Comeuppance of Creegus Maxin" for Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's forthcoming anthology, The Beastly Bride.

http://hourwolf.com/toc.html

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For readers and writers of sf and fantasy, join the discussions at:Red Rocket Station

http://www.redrocketstation.com/ 

So, we've got that going for us...which is nice.  (Scroll down, no really)

http://news.bookweb.org/6736.html 

A starred review from Publisher's Weekly:
The "infinite bridge spirals of Shadowbridge" cover a watery world full of enchanting stories, the wonderfully eerie environment for this stirring sequel to 2007's SHADOWBRIDGE. Gifted shadow puppeteer Leodora, who disguises herself as a man to perform under the name of Jax, finds herself whisked away to the ( Read more... )

John Kessel and I are in the process of collaboratively podcasting readings of each other's stories in preparation for a tour we're doing in May across North Carolina.  We'll have CDs of these readings to give out at our events there.

In the meantime, Dr. Kessel has posted a podcast of my reading of his story, "Every Angel is Terrifying."  If you ( Read more... )

Hey, remember when about five years back books were considered the cool thing to give somebody, and literature seemed to be making a hard-fought comeback, clawing its way up the crumbling hillside of mass entertainment?  Well, guess who lost their footing and fell all the way back down the cliff?  Guess who's lying, bleeding and broken, in the ( Read more... )