Month: July 2015
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Farewell, PANK
PANK announced today that they would be closing down at the end of this year. This is a drag on multiple levels. One, they always had the best buttons at AWP and two, because being published by PANK is an awesome experience for any writer. I would know — they picked up my story “Hotel…
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On Keeping a Notebook
I got back into using notebooks a few years ago, when I cracked open a beautiful, untouched leather journal Jason brought me back from Italy as a present for my 23rd birthday. It took a lot to write in that journal because I, like most writers who are gifted with beautiful journals, panic “It has…
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BOOK GIVEAWAY UPDATE
I’m packing up writing craft books to ship out Monday, but I still have a few left to give away. If you’d like one, just find me on Twitter (@libbycudmore) or leave a note in the comments section. US only, please. Cory Doctorow, Content The College Handbook of Creative Writing, Third Edition (my favorite) Writers Digest “HowDunIt”…
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BOOK GIVEAWAY
In the continuing purge of stuff from my father-in-law’s basement, I came across a box of writing craft books from when I was first starting out. I love craft books even though I rarely use them anymore; their pages stuffed with knowledge and promise and possibilities. But just because I’m not using them doesn’t mean…
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All Hail Chicken Breakfast
Sunday mornings in Binghamton I used to go to Theo’s Southern Style Cuisine, a hole-in-the-wall joint that specialized in fried chicken that would save your goddamn soul. They did a buffet on Sundays; mashed potatoes so buttery and smooth you could suck them through a curly straw, cobbler made of peaches and dreams, grits in…
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Idiot Box: Love In the Time of Rockets
Love in the Time of Rockets James always had roses and photographs. I always had schemes and costumes. We drew maps, swapped clothes and identity, names like the backs of trading cards. Always one more to catch, another to lose. He fed the carp in the garden pond; I let the cat inside when it…
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