Upcoming Reading: "I'm Your Biggest Fan"

Yes, I will be making a rare public appearance next week: I'll be a reader Thursday night, July 26, at So Say We All's July VAMP (Visual Art, Music, Performance) Showcase in San Diego.

These readings always have a theme. And the theme this time around is "I'm Your Biggest Fan."

So I'll be reading my stalker story, "Are You Somebody?" (published in Juked a while back).

Details here.

Revision

Have you been following all the posts on revision over at Necessary Fiction this month?

Well, you should be.

Superstar writer and editor Matthew Salesses has been posting some wonderful stuff by some wonderful writers.

Matt was also kind enough to ask me to put down some thoughts on revision, and here's the result.

Downstream

"The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in -- as if he'd been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream. They spent the whole afternoon among the daisies kissing. He felt glorious and full of more blood than he was supposed to have in him."

Denis Johnson, Train Dreams