Essays
To the Jesus Lizard, In Your Denial, Cactus Heart. 8.5. Summer 2014.
145 Words. Contemplation on the Jesus Lizard, a lizard that can run across water.
"As your thick legs flex and bound, you can believe you are the child of Tyrannosaurs: a scrappy descendant of a noble line of steak-knife teeth and Volkswagen heads."
Falling Safely: Building Revision Bravery through Flash, NANO Fiction. Online. March 17, 2014.
846 Words. An essay about teaching revision through flash fiction.
"Revision is scary in the same way that learning to take falls was scary. Developing writers worry that they’ll make the story worse. Or they can’t envision a better version of the story. Or they’re afraid that revision is a shameful admission of imperfection or artistic failure."
Lady Killer: Death of the Feminized Body in the Whedonverse, Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association, 10.1, March 2013.
6,000 words. An academic essay examining the more famous deaths of Joss Whedon characters through a feminist film criticism lens.
"Joss Whedon is infamous among long-time fans of his work for the surprising, devastating ways in which he kills beloved characters. With any new project, the prevailing attitude is that it’s not a question of whether major characters die, but when."
145 Words. Contemplation on the Jesus Lizard, a lizard that can run across water.
"As your thick legs flex and bound, you can believe you are the child of Tyrannosaurs: a scrappy descendant of a noble line of steak-knife teeth and Volkswagen heads."
Falling Safely: Building Revision Bravery through Flash, NANO Fiction. Online. March 17, 2014.
846 Words. An essay about teaching revision through flash fiction.
"Revision is scary in the same way that learning to take falls was scary. Developing writers worry that they’ll make the story worse. Or they can’t envision a better version of the story. Or they’re afraid that revision is a shameful admission of imperfection or artistic failure."
Lady Killer: Death of the Feminized Body in the Whedonverse, Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association, 10.1, March 2013.
6,000 words. An academic essay examining the more famous deaths of Joss Whedon characters through a feminist film criticism lens.
"Joss Whedon is infamous among long-time fans of his work for the surprising, devastating ways in which he kills beloved characters. With any new project, the prevailing attitude is that it’s not a question of whether major characters die, but when."
Selected Blog Posts
Why I Laugh While I'm Writing: Confessions of a Secret Fabulist, Puerto del Bloga, March 9, 2012
"Meta-fiction intimidates me. Fabulation invites me, asks me to write something fabulous, and this is truly the way Scholes intended this term to be taken when he writes: “Of all narrative forms, fabulation puts the highest premium on art and joy” (3). Fabulation calls to mind celebration or jubilation, joy in the act of writing. Joy in the craft."
Free, Indirect Styl'n: You Too Can Perform Magic, Puerto del Bloga, September 19, 2012
"Film could never do this so subtly, requiring a scrap of dialogue or a voice-over. But here, the cause is almost invisible, almost unnoticeable, and the reader is left with the dazzling effect. An illusion has just happened on the page. A lady’s been cut in half. A bus has disappeared. It’s magic, pure magic."
Thoughts on Ray Bradbury's Death, Puerto del Bloga, June 6, 2012
"Ray Bradbury didn’t inspire me to become a writer, but he did strengthen my resolve. He showed me what was possible. I had always found reading fun and entertaining, but he’s one of the first authors I read who made it meaningful."
"Meta-fiction intimidates me. Fabulation invites me, asks me to write something fabulous, and this is truly the way Scholes intended this term to be taken when he writes: “Of all narrative forms, fabulation puts the highest premium on art and joy” (3). Fabulation calls to mind celebration or jubilation, joy in the act of writing. Joy in the craft."
Free, Indirect Styl'n: You Too Can Perform Magic, Puerto del Bloga, September 19, 2012
"Film could never do this so subtly, requiring a scrap of dialogue or a voice-over. But here, the cause is almost invisible, almost unnoticeable, and the reader is left with the dazzling effect. An illusion has just happened on the page. A lady’s been cut in half. A bus has disappeared. It’s magic, pure magic."
Thoughts on Ray Bradbury's Death, Puerto del Bloga, June 6, 2012
"Ray Bradbury didn’t inspire me to become a writer, but he did strengthen my resolve. He showed me what was possible. I had always found reading fun and entertaining, but he’s one of the first authors I read who made it meaningful."
Interviews (As Interviewer)
Katie Jean Shinkle in Puerto del Bloga
Gabe Durham in Puerto del Bloga
Dustin M. Hoffman in Puerto del Bloga
Gabe Durham in Puerto del Bloga
Dustin M. Hoffman in Puerto del Bloga
Reviews
Review of With Animal by Carol Guess and Kelly Magee in The Rumpus, October 2015.
Review of Our Prayers after the Fire by Katie Jean Shinkle in Puerto del Sol 50, 2015.
Review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Heavy Feather Review, March 2015.
Review of How to Feel Confident with Your Special Talents by Carol Guess & Daniela Olszewska in Heavy Feather Review, November 2014.
Review of Earthbound by Ken Baumann in Pank, October 2014
Review of What Happened Here by Bonnie ZoBell in Heavy Feather Review, October 2014.
Review of Twilight of the Wolves by edward j rathke in Heavy Feather Review, June 2014.
Review of Sad Robot Stories by Mason Johnson in Necessary Fiction, June 2014.
Review of Fun Camp by Gabe Durham in Puerto del Sol 49.1, Spring 2014.
Review of Bark by Lorrie Moore in Heavy Feather Review, January 2014.
Review of Cartilage and Skin by Michael James Rizza in Necessary Fiction, December 2013.
Review of All We Want is Everything by Andrew F. Sullivan in Heavy Feather Review, September 2013.
Review of Is That You, John Wayne? by Scott Garson in Heavy Feather Review, May 2013.
Review of F IN by Carol Guess in Heavy Feather Review, March 2013.
Review of Suddenly a Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret in Puerto del Sol 48.1, Winter 2013.
Review of Level End by Brian Oliu in Puerto del Sol 48.1, Winter 2013.
Review of Threats: A Novel by Amelia Gray in The Collagist, December 2012.
Review of The Kynship Chronicles by Daniel Heath Justice in Puerto del Sol 47.2, Fall 2012
Review of Hey, it's America by Ryan Ridge on Puerto del Bloga
Review of Border Run by Shya Scanlon Run on Puerto del Bloga.
Review of Sleight by Kirsten Kaschock in Puerto del Sol 47.1, Summer 2012
Review of Our Prayers after the Fire by Katie Jean Shinkle in Puerto del Sol 50, 2015.
Review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Heavy Feather Review, March 2015.
Review of How to Feel Confident with Your Special Talents by Carol Guess & Daniela Olszewska in Heavy Feather Review, November 2014.
Review of Earthbound by Ken Baumann in Pank, October 2014
Review of What Happened Here by Bonnie ZoBell in Heavy Feather Review, October 2014.
Review of Twilight of the Wolves by edward j rathke in Heavy Feather Review, June 2014.
Review of Sad Robot Stories by Mason Johnson in Necessary Fiction, June 2014.
Review of Fun Camp by Gabe Durham in Puerto del Sol 49.1, Spring 2014.
Review of Bark by Lorrie Moore in Heavy Feather Review, January 2014.
Review of Cartilage and Skin by Michael James Rizza in Necessary Fiction, December 2013.
Review of All We Want is Everything by Andrew F. Sullivan in Heavy Feather Review, September 2013.
Review of Is That You, John Wayne? by Scott Garson in Heavy Feather Review, May 2013.
Review of F IN by Carol Guess in Heavy Feather Review, March 2013.
Review of Suddenly a Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret in Puerto del Sol 48.1, Winter 2013.
Review of Level End by Brian Oliu in Puerto del Sol 48.1, Winter 2013.
Review of Threats: A Novel by Amelia Gray in The Collagist, December 2012.
Review of The Kynship Chronicles by Daniel Heath Justice in Puerto del Sol 47.2, Fall 2012
Review of Hey, it's America by Ryan Ridge on Puerto del Bloga
Review of Border Run by Shya Scanlon Run on Puerto del Bloga.
Review of Sleight by Kirsten Kaschock in Puerto del Sol 47.1, Summer 2012
