About metonymicalpen
I earned an M.F.A. from Goddard College in 2013. Since then, my work has received the 2013 Beacon Street Prize in Short Fiction and the 2014 John Steinbeck Short Fiction Award. My stories have appeared in REED, reDivider, The Concho River Review, Sou'wester, Moon City Review, and elsewhere. Currently, I live in the desert with my family , but I am trying to move us closer to water. We need an ocean to float all of our ideas.
Hey y’all, I want to talk about Billy Bush, so I’m going to. Actually, let’s talk about the tape. I won’t embed it, but you can follow the link if you haven’t seen it in its ugly entirety. Please don’t … Continue reading →
A much needed step toward some happy shares to come, please enjoy my all-in-the-spirit-of-angelic-fun interview with writer, Zach VandeZande, currently up in the new issue of Smokelong Quarterly. A shout out in thanks to Mike Czyzniejewski, Smokelong’s interview editor, for letting me … Continue reading →
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Tagged flash fiction, Interviews, journals, online journals, short shorts and flash fiction, writers, writing community
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Mostly, I have written here about writing. But sometimes, in a life of writing, things happen and then there is no way forward but through. Downer, I wrote this for you a long time ago. Now I imagine I read it to you … Continue reading →
Posted in family, Grief, grieving, loss, love, memories, nature, parenting, poem, Uncategorized
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Tagged elegy, Family, grandfathers, Grief, grieving, loss, love, poetry
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I’ve been away for a long time. What makes that absence kind of strange is that I have a pile of writing, and specifically blog posts–those essaying conversations–never to see the light of day. I wrote them, but didn’t post … Continue reading →
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Tagged Blogging, Creative process, erasures, Returning, writing
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I am happy to share with you the publication of my short story, “Revival”, in Timber, Vol. 5. This piece is yet another of the upcoming—nearly there—Southern story collection I began working on in earnest during the final phase of … Continue reading →
Posted in bad advice, creative process, creative writing, creativity, Encouragement, Experimental Literature, Experimental Prose, fiction, Literary Journals, process, Publications, short story, submitting, Timber Journal, writers, writing
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Tagged Creative process, creative writing, creativity, editors, encouragement, Experimental Literature, Innovative Literature, Literary Journals, publication, publications, publishing, short story, submitting, Timber Journal, writer, writers, writing
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Of all the lame social media/facebook trends out there to which I wish I wouldn’t succumb (“What Avengers Character are you? Let’s Play!”), I admit there is one I actually like and even value. Throwback Thursdays have given me the … Continue reading →
Posted in art, artist, awareness, bears, children's literature, creative process, creativity, family, imagery, memories, motherhood, painting, parenting, stories, storybook, Throwback Thursday, writing
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Tagged art, bears, children's literature, Creative process, creative writing, creativity, Family, Motherhood, painting, stories, storybook, Throwback Thursday, writing
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Check out the Goddard Blog, here, for a great overview/interview/write up of our rawboned staff in its current configuration: Ginna Luck, who I think of as our soul-bearer of beauty and the aesthetic ideal. bevin, who is the persona of poetry–a … Continue reading →
Posted in art, artist, blogs, creative writing, flash fiction, Goddard, Literary Journals, MFA, nonfiction, online journals, opinions, Publications, rawboned, writers, writing, writing community
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Tagged art, artists, blogs, creative writing, editors, flash fiction, Literary Journals, MFA, writer, writers, writing community
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