Nathan Dueck, author of A Very Special Episode, talks to me about the challenges of being a parent and a writer. This is part 2 of a two-part episode. nathan dueck’s middle name is russel, which means his initials spell nrd. His folks tell him that nobody used that word when he was born, but […]
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Parenting and Productive Writing with Nathan Dueck — part 1
Nathan Dueck, author of A Very Special Episode, talks to me about the challenges of being a parent and a writer. This is part 1 of a two-part episode. nathan dueck’s middle name is russel, which means his initials spell nrd. His folks tell him that nobody used that word when he was born, but […]
Winnipeg Horror: The Shadow Over Portage and Main
At long last, Winnipeg’s place in weird fiction has been secured by the publication of The Shadow Over Portage and Main: Weird Fictions, a horror story anthology edited by Keith Cadieux and Dustin Geeraert. I wrote the introduction for the book, which is reproduced below. The anthology also includes a short story by Richard Crow, […]
Gary Barwin, “Shopping for Deer”
Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, multimedia artist, and the author of 20 books of poetry and fiction as well as books for kids. His most recent books are the short fiction collection, I, Dr Greenblatt, Orthodontist, 251-1457 (Anvil) and the poetry collections, Moon Baboon Canoe (Mansfield), and The Wild and Unfathomable Always (Xexoxial). Yiddish […]
“Serial Killers” by Kathryn Mockler
Kathryn Mockler is the author of the poetry books The Purpose Pitch (Mansfield Press, “a stuart ross book,” Spring 2015), The Saddest Place on Earth (DC Books, 2012), and Onion Man (Tightrope Books, 2011). Her writing has been published in The Butter, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Found Press, Geist, and This Magazine. Currently, she is the […]
“for play” — a poem by Kayla Czaga
Kayla Czaga is the author of For Your Safety Please Hold On (Nightwood Editions, 2014), which won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Debut-litzer. Her chapbook, Enemy of the People, is published by Anstruther Press. You can follow her on twitter @kaylaczaga. Photo credit: Janet […]
Write a Lot by Writing on Schedule
Join my newsletter for my free eBook 5 STEPS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN YOUR WRITING SCHEDULE. When I meet writers, whether emerging or established, I ask them the same ice-breaking question: What do they find to be the hardest thing about being a writer? The most common answer is finding time to write. I’m not surprised, because […]