Yearly Archives: 2012


Bill, Paul, and I went to Colorado Springs for a mini vacation this weekend.  Bill and I wanted to see if either of us were horribly susceptible to altitude sickness, and Paul came along because he’d never been to Colorado before.  We left the Pittsburgh airport on Friday afternoon.  We […]

I Fell a Little Bit in Love with Colorado Springs ...


 I didn’t get the fellowship interview. That probably means that I won’t be going to Chatham. Really, it probably means I won’t be going to grad school at all. I’m not giving up–there are school-wide assistantships at Chatham I can try for, plus I’m still waiting to hear back from […]

Disappointment is Bitter.


 This month has been a pretty good one for me.  Right now, I have 31 story submissions out.  Of those, one is a reprint and three are shortlisted.  My wait times range from 0-282 days.   I received four acceptances this month, including my first ever reprint sale.  I finished […]

January 2012: The Month in Review



 I launched a new Kickstarter project.  Go check it out.  Then give it money.  If it happens, I promise that it’ll be super awesome.  

One Revolution





 January’s issue of Stupefying Stories is availble!  It contains my alternate history ghost story, "Music from the Air."   If you have a kindle, you can get it here!   And here for a Nook!   You can also find it in the Apple Store.  

Woot!



 I just got an email letting me know that I’ve been accepted into Chatham’s Creative Writing MFA program!  I don’t know if they’re going to give me an interview for a fellowship or not–I won’t find that out till February, and the interview won’t be till March.  But still, I […]

Graduate School Update!



 So, faithful readers, as some of you know (and the rest of you can eaisly find out by reading some old entries) I had a Kickstarter project a few months ago  It didn’t work out.  But now, my friend Sabrina and her husband have launched a project to help fund […]

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