Recently, I had the pleasure of talking with Pat Hazell on his podcast, Creativity in Captivity, a podcast that “[takes] a seat at the table with A-list Creatives as they share inspirations and insights on their process, craft, and what makes them tick.”
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Recently, I had the pleasure of talking with Karri Offstein Rosenthal and Dr. Jenni Silberstein on their podcast, The Midnight Ramblings, which explores the random thoughts that accost people during sleepless nights.
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I was delighted to discover that my linked short story collection Once Removed recently received several awards.
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Many moons ago, when Once Removed was still a loose collection of random stories, Sally Shore, founder and host of The New Short Fiction Series, saw potential in it and directed a spoken word show of my work.
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Recently, I was lucky enough to appear with Deesha Philyaw, Sejal Shah on Skylit, the virtual reading series from my favorite bookstore, Skylight Books. We discussed the ins and outs of publishing with small presses, what it’s like to plan events for an upcoming book, and more.
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It was lovely to discover that Once Removed, my debut short story collection, won the 2020 NYC Big Book Award for Short Story Collections.
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When I looked at my calendar today, the most prominently displayed event was “Nonno’s Birthday.” What I’d forgotten to mark on the calendar was that today also is the first birthday of my debut linked short story collection, Once Removed.
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Posted on July 30, 2020
In April, I started writing the newsletter that would become this post.
Back then, it was called “What to Do During the Pandemic.” I abandoned it, thinking we wouldn’t be on lockdown for much longer. Soon, I thought, the pandemic would be under control and we’d go back to our overburdened lives. We wouldn’t need ways to occupy our time or distract ourselves from a new, discomforting reality. We would grieve the lives lost to the pandemic, but we would move forward into some semblance of recognizable order.
That hasn’t happened.
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If you’re looking for something to do this summer and haven’t yet read my linked short story collection, Once Removed, or if you have read it and want to get copies for friends, now’s the time to do it and get 50% off.
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JUNE IS FULL. PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE JULY DATES, WHICH I WILL POST SHORTLY.
On May 12th, the Los Angeles County Public Health Director acknowledged that Los Angeles County likely will shelter in place through July of this year.
So, to help writers stay creative, especially those on summer lockdown, I’m offering another round of Prompted, a generative online writing workshop for writers of all genres and levels.
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It’s clear that sheltering at home in some form is going to be a way of life for quite a while. Though restrictions may ease over the coming months, experts believe, according to The Atlantic, that “gently easing back on social distancing would be safer, Morris argues, than snapping back to business as usual…”
Given that we’re likely to be at home at least through May, if not longer, I’ve decided to keep teaching Prompted, a generative online writing workshop for writers of all genres and levels.
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This spring, I’m teaching Introduction to Creative Writing at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, a unique six week class designed to help new writers explore various genres of storytelling.
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