I Will Read from City of Weird Saturday, 3/11, at Another Read Through!!!

I was going to tell you all about this great event coming up next Saturday, 3/11, at Another Read Through in Portland, where I will get to read with a fabulous collection of other authors from Forest Avenue Press's City of Weird anthology. Then Gigi Little comes along and, as ever, does all the heavy lifting.

Take it away, Gigi, and I hope to see you all at Another Read Through next Saturday.

Yours in laying down the law,

Art

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Come See (and Hear) me Read on Monday, 11/14, at Annie Bloom's Books!!!

I'm very pleased to be reading from my short story "Waiting for the Question" at the best bookstore in Southwest Portland Annie Bloom's Books this Monday.

The reading is in conjunction with Forest Avenue Press's City of Weird anthology, in which "Waiting for the Question" is published, and it's been a highlight of my year to be involved with such a great project. Really. These people have worked hard to bring you a great book. Check it out.

The event on Monday (11/14) will feature other fab City of Weird contributors Justin Hocking, Suzy Vitello, and Doug Chase, and the show starts at 7 PM. Come say hi and have your reading thirst sated.

Oh yeah! Here's a short piece I wrote on the writing and acceptance of "Waiting for the Question," which is also known as my Alex Trebek Story.

Yours in laying down the law,

Art

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My Piece on the Writing and Publication of my Story "Waiting for the Answer" (City of Weird) up at Necessary Fiction!!!

I'm always fascinated by the elements that make a story go--whether it be a book, a film, a TV show, an essay, or something else--and I'm at least as fascinated by what's missing when it doesn't quite.

The latter was the case with my story "Waiting for the Question," also known as my Alex Trebek story, which I worked on for years until it finally came together and was published in the brand new anthology City of Weird, brought to you by Portland publisher Forest Avenue Press.

Necessary Fiction has done me the honor of publishing my short essay on the process of writing and publishing "Waiting for the Question," which includes details of how Forest Avenue's Laura Stanfill and Gigi Little emailed Alex Trebek to get his permission to publish the story in the anthology. Yeah, that's gonna work, right? Read on, my friend, and be amazed.

Yours in laying down the law,

Art

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My Review of Landfall by Ellen Urbani up at Up the Staircase!!!

I'm very pleased my review of the novel Landfall by Ellen Urbani just popped up at Up the Staircase.

Come see.

Yours in laying down the law,

Art

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