http://www.incommunicado.net Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:17:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en School's out, freelance work is wrapped up, my apartment is subletted and I'm off for a month-long writing residency at Saltonstall, where I plan to crank out as much writing as I can to finish the first draft of my novel. I'm almost halfway there, which means there's still a ... http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=62 Incommunicado, that's me. Since my last post I've finished my first and started my second semester of my MFA program in fiction. There's a lot to be debated about creative writing MFA programs in general, but there's also a lot of value in sharing work with other writers and talking ... http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=61 Automated submission system for lit mag emails me 5 copies of the same rejection letter. http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=60 A short story of mine, The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, has been published at Green Hills Literary Lantern. (P.S. I did work in a library briefly in high school, but otherwise, this story is all fiction!) http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=59 http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=58 A short story of mine, "The Mercados," is up at Konundrum Engine Literary Review. Read it here. http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=53 BANGKOK, Thailand I wake up at 7AM, not just because of jet lag, but because it’s the only cool part of the day. I take a commuter boat down the canal and walk for hours through insane traffic, sticky pollution, crumbly sidewalks, death-defying street crossings. Everything, from the soot-stained buildings butting ... http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=39 At the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, writing up a storm. A whole month away from city life has been good to me so far. It's currently 14 degrees outside. http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=37 I wake up and start writing immediately, taking my laptop out to the rocking chair on the sun porch with oatmeal, blueberries, and tea. Before lunch, 1,000 words. I run through the meadow. The grass and flowers are overgrown and they slice my legs. I watch three deer race up the ... http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=30 Where I have been, condensed (since this site was last updated, circa 2002): New York City to San Francisco and back to New York. Ten different apartments. Countless freelance gigs. Stayed at one job for two years. Lived in one apartment for two years. Helped start a magazine. Took a lot ... http://www.incommunicado.net/?p=11