'I've not seen better proof that writing is not selfish or insular, but a communion of the highest order.'

The communion begins with 'Beneath the Undergarden'

It's been a long, long time since I've written something that might be considered a prose poem. Much less published one.

Ready for some 'Meal Prep'?

My story, "The Princess on the Glass Hill Becoming," will be published with Crow & Cross Keys later this year—probably around December.

A home for 'The Princess'

Really excited to have a new piece of prose in hex literary, a relatively new online litmag for all things weird. 

New piece today: "Attn: Butchers & Locksmiths"

My story, published by Puerto del Sol in 2018, is now available online for the first time!

'First It Was the Brushfires' republished online

Learn-logging is the practice of writing down only what you remember instead of taking notes on everything.

Learn-logging > note-taking

When someone wants a unit of my creativity, it's now in the form of a  well-defined transaction. The rest stays with me.

How I deal with creative burnout

A really fantastic means to motivate yourself to jump into a new project is to buy it a domain name.

Ready for something new? Buy the domain name already

We went mountain biking. We went to a new place, on a new route, down new roads. The eleven o'clock sun already desaturating the concrete.

Trespass

Here's the documentation on how to reverse the direction of a stupid Hampton Bay fan and remote combination that have no reverse buttons or switches.

How to reverse a stupid Hampton Bay fan

Learn how get the most out of your first 15 minutes with Athens, a free and open-source tool from Athens Research for building and maintaining a personal knowledge graph.

Get started with Athens Research

If you know your real value, you can sell yourself or your business 100X better. And discovering it is much easier than you'd think.

Understand your real value by asking customers 1 simple question

Write clearer and more impactful copywriting—just like a professional copywriter—with this no-nonsense copywriting checklist.

A no-nonsense copywriting checklist for clarity and impact

I broke my hand while mountain biking. Typing is really hard. That helped remind me of how important clarity and simplicity are in writing.

Remembering clarity by breaking my hand

Tech businesses love to borrow certain tired phrases when they talk about themselves. Here's some of my worst offenders in 2019 so you know what not to say.

27 tech copywriting clichés I'm completely over

An exercise for copywriters, content creators, marketers, and makers who wish they could write copy like their favorite brands.

How to steal properly: An exercise for writers of all types

Knowing the difference will save you time and money, and will set you apart from the copy-less competition.

Taglines vs. slogans: What's the difference?

It's not embarrassing, it's smart—Grammarly helps you finish what you've started and teach you about your own writing style along the way.

Why every writer should use Grammarly

Writers tend to struggle against three main sources of stress: 1) a disinterest in learning how or continuing to write on a regular basis, 2) a lack of time or energy, and 3) *worry*.

An exercise to help you start writing

In honor of Tell a Fairy Tale Day (Feb. 26th) I wrote an essay about my own “lacks,” and how fairy tales have helped fill them, for Alternating Current.

‘Our Lacks, in the Shapes of Fairy Tales’

Read it if you want to read something about a boy turning into various minerals. I hope you love it. It’s probably my favorite story I’ve written so far.

‘Cardinine, Seafoamyst, Morningite’ live over at West Branch

In what is most likely my last veterinarian story until I turn the damn world into a novel, you can now read a story about horses and eyeball and blood over at Spork Press.

‘The Harras’ Surveyance’ over at Spork!

Enormously happy to release Cartridge Lit‘s first chapbook, PREPARE TO DIE, by the wonderfully talented Jess Jenkins.

‘Prepare to Die’ over at Cartridge Lit

It’s been an exciting few days around here. First off, a story of mine, “Cardinine, Seafoamyst, Morningite,” has been accepted by West Branch.

West Branch & 'The Great Horned Owls’ Beheadings'

I have a new ghost story up over at fwriction : review today. Expect lots of thirst, shimmering.

‘Ghosts in the Termini’ in fwriction : review

I have a new (weird) story up at The Collapsar today — “Darkest Spots in the Galaxy.”

‘Darkest Spots in the Galaxy’ in The Collapsar

Very recently, I accepted an offer to attend the University of Arizona’s MFA program starting this fall.

Hello, Arizona

The always-wonderful litmag Redivider is in the spotlight on Writer’s Relief.

Spotlight on Redivider

I have a new flash fiction piece, “The Hummingbird’s Anti-Torpor,” in the January 1 issue of Spartan.

‘The Hummingbird’s Anti-Torpor’ in Spartan

I just received my contributor copies of Redivider 11.1, and couldn’t be more thrilled to have a story among its pages.

‘Subsoil,’ in Redivider 11.1

I was on vacation for some time and neglected to put up a post about a piece of mine, “If You Look Long Enough You See That Everything Is A-Passing,” has beenfeatured in the first issue of Psychopomp Magazine.

The longest title.

First off, some good news. A flash piece of mine, “The Hummingbird’s Anti-Torpor,” will be in the fall issue of Spartan.

Hummingbirds and going it alone.

I have a new story, “The Blinding in Horticulture, Texas,” up in Fringe Magazine as of Monday morning.

The Blinding in Horticulture, Texas

Benjamin Percy is one of my favorite writers—I just finished reading _Red Moon_ and absolutely loved it...

‘You Can’t Teach Talent’

I don’t have anything profound to say about what happened in Boston.

Boston, Boston, Boston

So happy to read this interview with one of my old professors, Harold Scheub, about, in part, the nature of storytelling.

The Man Who Taught Me Storytelling

Only the first two of those words apply to me.

Sunday, laundry, drunkenness.

What writer isn’t getting a little tired of Narrative? Between the e-mail blasts and the criminal submission fees, there isn’t much to like.

‘an open ransom note to narrative magazine’

2012 has been a good year to me so far. Almost too good.

I like 2012.

According to Laughing Squid, the bizarre invention pictured above was called “The Isolator,” and was intended to help aspiring creatives focus on their work. 

Isolate Me

For those who don’t know the structure of a sentence, a world without verbs is an ambiguous fortune. “Is this something we’re for or against?”

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