Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award semi-finals |
Got some exciting news this week! My novel POSTCARDS FROM A DEAD GIRL made the semi-finals in the Amazon.com/Penguin Breakthrough Novel Award contest. That means out of 5000 entries, I'm i...
Posted by Kirk on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:25:00 PST |
First story in print! |
Hello!
Just got my advance copy of the Fall issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine. My short story "Salting the Walks" is inside. They did a great job with the layout and t...
Posted by Kirk on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:36:00 PST |
iKirk |
I finally get it. PCs are built to fall apart. Macs are built to run. The commercials are right; it's not just an ad campaign.
Last week my Dell PC froze up for the last time....
Posted by Kirk on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:22:00 PST |
Weather Geek |
I fully realize I'm a weather geek. Given that my last blog was about hail, and this one is about torrential rain, I also realize that perhaps I should've gone into the meterological field. ...
Posted by Kirk on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:23:00 PST |
Hail, yeah! |
I spent my whole life living in Wisconsin, so I'm used to people saying things like "cheesehead" and "you must love beer" and other ridiculous ideas about the state, as if the only thing that happens ...
Posted by Kirk on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:39:00 PST |
The End of the World |
I've recently been reading a lot about the Mayan long count calendar, how it ends on December 21, 2012. After thousands of years of accurate time-keeping, the calendar just stops. The end of time.
T...
Posted by Kirk on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:14:00 PST |
Contest News |
Hey-
Just found out some exciting news. My short story "Salting the Walks" won 2nd Place in a statewide fiction contest held by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. The story will b...
Posted by Kirk on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:18:00 PST |
New story in HOBART |
Hello,
Just wanted to let you know my story "Forever Girl" is in this month's HOBART' http: farber.html? february website www.hobartpulp.com>HOBART literary journal. It's about love&nb...
Posted by Kirk on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:51:00 PST |
The Great Gatsby |
It's been a very long time since I've read The Great Gatsby. What a difference a decade makes. Such a gem. Love the language. I think this Fitzgerald guy just mi...
Posted by Kirk on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:44:00 PST |
Last Seen Leaving |
That Kelly Braffet sure is a fine writer. Last Seen Leaving had me hooked throughout. An excellent study of loss and yearning and hope, told at a frantic clip. Go read it, you'll lov...
Posted by Kirk on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:59:00 PST |
