Category Archives: creative writing

Overdue Meto-news for May Day

Posted on May 1, 2017 by metonymicalpen

Interview time (click here for the link). Thanks, as usual, to Mike Czyzniejewski, for the gig.  Smokelong Quarterly has turned out another smashing edition with ol’ 55 (here) and is still including an interview for every single piece, every single … Continue reading →

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More Art

Posted on March 2, 2017 by metonymicalpen

  As uncomfortable as it makes me, I have to admit that the election of our 45th president kicked my ass sideways. I’ve lost some time on the blog to swirling anxiety, anger, and exhaustion brought about by insomnia—a condition … Continue reading →

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A New Adventure: Sparrow & Raven

Posted on November 7, 2016 by metonymicalpen

It’s time to embark on a new adventure. Robyn Lynn, of RobynLynnwriter, and I have teamed up to offer writing help, instant inspiration, monthly jolts of creative juice, and/or, big fun on the road. Our new website is beautiful and … Continue reading →

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Returning from the Ghost Pile

Posted on August 24, 2016 by metonymicalpen

  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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May ’15 Meto-News: New Publication in Timber, Vol. 5

Posted on May 26, 2015 by metonymicalpen

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 →

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The Goddard Blog: rawboned in the News

Posted on May 11, 2015 by metonymicalpen

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 →

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May ’15 Prompt-a-thon: Quantum Fiction

Posted on May 7, 2015 by metonymicalpen

Here I go, on a nerd voyage. But there is a literary ending, so all will be well. Just to preface, if you haven’t been reading along and don’t know it yet, I am a huge lover of all things sky: … Continue reading →

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Meto-News, April ’15: Moon City Review Arrives!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by metonymicalpen

I am happy to present my short piece, “Drafts”, in this spring’s Moon City Review, 2015. “Drafts” is another from the collection that includes “The Problems of Odessa” (REED/ John Steinbeck Fiction Award, 2014), “House of Broken Dishes” (reDivider/Beacon Street Prize, … Continue reading →

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Erasure Time

Posted on April 20, 2015 by metonymicalpen

I’ve been erasing again. I am back on the Henry Van Dyke project pretty much every day, working steadily while also shaping the final projects in a short collection that began as my MFA thesis. On the whole, I have decided the … Continue reading →

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Things I Can Say about Spock, an Ex-Academic, and Power Now that They’ve All Bumped into Each Other in My Head

Posted on March 2, 2015 by metonymicalpen

Of course it is sad, I am sad, to know that Leonard Nimoy is gone. With unashamed sentiment, I have read some lovely eulogies, tributes that address fully what a fan should say about the man and his body of … Continue reading →

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