So THIS arrived in the mail with my short story The Texas Project inside. The publication of this story means a great deal to me, because the first draft was no less than a turning point in my writing life. I’d spent a semester of crashing and burning in Kevin Canty’s fiction workshop at the University of [...]
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Essay Published in Witness
Posted: 11/12
I began Experiments in Living Chemistry while I was an MFA student at the University of Montana, so it’s nice to see this one find a home at Witness, the magazine of UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute. For those who enjoyed the sections in My Life as Laura where I tell the sordid stories of my growing [...]
See Me At McSweeney’s
Posted: 10/12
After six years of trying to write a publishable contribution to McSweeney’s “Open Letters to People or Entities Unlikely to Respond,” I have done it! I give props in that the editorial crew there is prompt and polite. They also cut to the chase, which is nice. Anyhoo, I made the grade with “An Open [...]
The Missoula Public Library Big Read, Laura, and Me
Posted: 10/12
Exciting news! I am returning to the land of my MFA alma mater, Missoula, Montana, in a few weeks to participate in The Big Read at the Missoula Public Library. Sponsored by the NEA, the program encourages the community to read a few selected reads and plans a variety of events around the books. The [...]
For Anyone Who Survived the Sun-In/Toni Perm Debacle
Posted: 08/12
An excerpt from My Life as Laura is up at Weird Girls, an up and coming web series self-described by the creators as “the Goonies meet Poltergeist… except with girls.” What’s not to like, right? The site also features a weekly essay that focuses on the issues of preteenessence (I just made that up and [...]
Hasenpfeffer, Incorporated!
Posted: 11/11
In my latest Laura writing adventure, I review The Little House Cookbook by Barbara Walker for Alimentum. They editors voted out my joke about how learning how to prepare Hasenpfeffer (German rabbit) helped me understand the Laverne & Shirley theme song. (Deleted). But it did! Just as I remember the day I learned the difference [...]
My Life as a Promoter
Posted: 11/11
After writing and publishing a book, the question remains, now what? I was in a band (And for those who bother to click on the hyperlink, may I just say, WHAT?! Who uploaded this music to Amazon? I had not Googled “Poor Valentino” for awhile), and I still have cases of unsold CDs that I [...]
Books, Bonnets, Beards & Biscuits
Posted: 10/11
I will first report my Q & A interview with Sandra Hume at Beyond Little House —America’s most comprehensive site dedicated to the life, literature, and many homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder. For those who don’t know—yes, there is an event called Laurapalooza, and yes, it is amazing. Another first—reading from a book instead of [...]
I Amazon Therefore I Am
Posted: 09/11
I posted yesterday on Facebook that My Life as Laura: How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself was up on Amazon. Which makes my book real. The links to the right. All three. They work! In Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott writes about how her book release day went by with a [...]
Schtick Lit
Posted: 08/11
I have guest posted on the fine line between Immersion Memoir and Schtick Lit for Hunger Mountain’s writing blog Another Loose Sally.
