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The Great Write Off!

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I’m participating in The Great Write Off!  That’s right, no more taxes!  I’m gonna be just like Wesley Snipes, except no jail time.  Okay, I kid.

The Great Write Off is a friendly competition between six Michigan non-profit literary organizations to raise awareness and much needed funds for our causes. Just click “Sponsor Me” to make a donation on my behalf toward Fiction Writers Review.

I’ve written a review for FWR and FWR has interviewed me.  They’re a great bunch of word-loving people doing some great stuff.  Let’s keep them rolling!

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When Bad Reviews Happen to Good Writers

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An essay I wrote this morning, in reaction to a book review in this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review.

If you’ve never read Alix Ohlin, you should.  She’s one of the good ones out there, and she’s no slouch when it comes to publishing.  Two story collections and two novels in seven years – perhaps not an impressive haul for bionic typewriters like Stephen King or Joyce Carol Oates, but plenty impressive to me.  She may not have won a Pulitzer or a National Book Award yet, but Ohlin is someone I look up to, because she’s just a very solid writer.

So I was surprised when I read a review of her new novel (Inside) and collection (Signs and Wonders) on Friday in The New York Times Book Review (in print today).  Surprised because the review was scathingly negative.

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Everything Asian on New York Radio Korea

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Last week, the good folks at New York Radio Korea/KRB (1660AM on the dial in the Tri-State area) were kind enough to mention my book on their show.  Many thanks to TaeHun Kim, a fellow novelist who serves as a literary critic for KRB, for choosing to highlight my book.  The show is in Korean (though with English words and phrases thrown in sporadically!), so this is for Korean-speaking readers.  In addition to my novel, soccer and happiness are also discussed!

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