This is great news about Shane Jones book and Penguin.

the second print issue of corduroy mtn.

The Greying Ghost simply has some of the best looking chapbooks around, and this collection is sure to be beautiful. A classy, satisfying, one of a kind, must have, when it comes out sometime this fall. I can't wait to get it in my hands, and read all of the words.

I'm very happy to have a part of GOSSAMER included in the issue, it's one of my favorite scenes. David Peak was kind enough to mention GOSSAMER on his blog today, calling it a "Sparkling new novella." I e-mailed him an early, yet large part of the ms about a month back. That made me feel happy, thanks David. I've been working on the back half of the novella a lot; today I went though thirty pages: editing, shaping, birthing, fixing, and cutting. I think it's turning out nicely, molding into light, and deep, dreamy dreams.

Picture taken from the airforce joyride blog, here.

I'm a little late on this, but I want to spread the word.

Taken from Shya Sconlon's website:

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On July 16th, 2009, I began serializing my novel FORECAST (read a blurb; watch a promo) semiweekly (Mondays and Thursdays) across 42 web journals and blogs.

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The series is on the seventh chapter of forty-two, so it's still early going. Visit Shya's website for the complete listing of links to all the sites that are publishing a chapter. Cool stuff.


I've been submitting excerpts from my novella GOSSAMER, and I'm really pleased, thrilled, and thankful for how well it's been received.

I received the list of books we'll be reading in the contemporary fiction craft course I'm taking next semester:

Author/ Title

Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

Jonathan Lethem: Motherless Brooklyn

Victor LaValle: The Ecstatic

Junichiro Tanizaki: The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man

Jeffery Eugenides: The Virgin Suicides

Colson Whitehead: The Intuitionist

Jim Crace: Being Dead

Zadie Smith: White Teeth

Kelly Link: Magic for Beginners

I really like this article about Fugue State Press.

David Peak has a new poetry ebook called The Dead Space of April published by Pangur Ban Party. Give it a look.

J.A Tyler is a nice guy so checkout what he's doing with his novella THE ZOO, A GOING

This is a re-post from J.A. Tyler's blog from 7/26/09:

THE ZOO, A GOING & free free reading I have been inspired by stephen elliott, shya scanlon, & others letting folks read their full manuscripts, books, etc. for free, for the love of lit, because in the end I think we are all just looking for readers.

so in that spirit, THE ZOO, A GOING, my recently completed novel(la), will be posted at this new blog, one piece at a time, each piece up for only 24 hrs. & then deleted. just follow the blog & read one a day, like taking a vitamin. a chalky delicious fruity flavored flintstones vitamin.

I will post the entire novel(la) from a-z starting in a week or two: 76 pieces total, 76 days of reading. so spread the word, get people on board, the reading is about to begin. hope you enjoy.