good things slip through the closing seam

2011 is nearly over, and today two great folks offer up bouquets of kindness and generosity.

Thanks to Robert Vaughan of JMWW for putting together his Best Of list HERE, and for giving my novel Freight a tip of the cap.

Thanks also to the amazing Ethel Rohan for her kind words about my novel HERE.

If I don't catch you before the end of 2011, I'm sure I'll see you next year. Be safe out there, wherever you are, and thanks for stopping by.

M83 in my ears when i run in the cold

winter solstice

Some Things

I take a look at the forthcoming Omicron Ceti III by Thomas P. Balázs HERE.

The mighty Seth Berg, author of Muted Lines from Someone Else's Memory, takes a look at my novel Freight HERE.

Nicolle Elizabeth's One Time All I Wanted is coming soon from Dark Sky Books. Learn more HERE.

my seven thousandth tweet

triple nipple grub lure or three great lists that taste great together

We all work really hard. It's true. And so I'm humbled and honored to have my novel appear on three outstanding lists compiled by some really outstanding writers/readers/hardhat worker mothergrabbers. This little land we inhabit can be thrilling and exhausting, and today I happily collapse.

Thanks to Amber Sparks for including my novel on her Best Of list at Big Other HERE.

Thanks to the beautiful team at Dark Sky Magazine for including my novel on their Best Of list HERE.

And thanks to Mr. Jason Jordan, author and E-I-C of decomP Magazine, for giving my novel a most gracious nod HERE.

Okay, break is over. Get back to work.

An End of Year YES List

A list of 33 YES things I experienced, in no particular order, in the year 2011.

*Note: some of these YES things may not be from the year 2011, but it’s my list and I YES what I want to.

1)      PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake

2)      Short Bus by Brian Allen Carr

3)      Normally Special by xTx

4)      Ambient Florida Position by Josh Spilker

5)      Apollo Grill

6)      The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals by Rae Bryant

7)      Season 4 of Breaking Bad

8)      The Bee-Loud Glade by Steve Himmer

9)      My Father’s House by Ben Tanzer

10)  Popcorn Noir

11)  If I Falter at the Gallows by Edward Mullany

12)  Stories V! by Scott McClanahan

13)  Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City by Michael Bible

14)  White Square Books

15)  Hunters & Gamblers by Ryan Ridge

16)  Grow Up by Ben Brooks

17)  Tom Waits’ Bad as Me

18)  This video by Rubblebucket

19)  Us by Michael Kimball

20)  Raw milk from Upinngil Farm

21)  The Crutchfield half of The Five Lost Senses of Carl

an average gallon of milk costs about $3.50 to $3.99

a good amount of natural light

tomorrow night at flying object there will be mullany, collins, crutchfield, and me. come by and say hello.

raining outside

ho ho ho hot chocolate run & jubilat yay

Hot Chocolate Run.
jubilat.
yay to both.
yay to you.

42°F and All is Well