Posted in Blog on May 16, 2013
Boise has a new downtown attraction. If you’ve taken Front Street out of the city lately, you’ve probably seen Jesus. He stands on the corner in brown robes with what looks like red yard, meant to signify blood, draped all over him. How do I know that this is Jesus, you ask? Because he has [...]
Posted in Blog on March 29, 2013
With giddy hearts they move in convergent boundaries, sliding toward one another, the pull of undeniable attraction. When one is submissive, it slides underneath its mate. If they only see eye to eye, they meet with force that forms a trench, the gulf between two lovers who both want to be on top. A passionate [...]
Posted in Blog on March 6, 2013
She wondered about the salad-eaters, those mysterious creatures with manicured nails who spent money on teeny tiny tomatoes and vegetables she didn’t dare attempt to pronounce. These were the women who looked down their slender, powdered noses at her. Their shopping trips had transformed them into organic, gluten-free beings. She wondered how the lack of [...]
NO ONE BOTHERS AN OLD MAN By A.K. Turner (This story won honorable mention in Folio‘s 2012 fiction contest.) Henry would never have dreamed of entering a women’s bathroom, Holy Catherine of Genoa, he would not. He wouldn’t do such a thing at the wildest heights of his youth, which, truth be known, were never [...]
Posted in Blog, In Other Words on December 17, 2012
For 12 weeks we’ve come to this place of dust and sky, water and palm. We travel to live, to experience. We run away from the cold and the daily routines. We sprint for warmth and adventure. 11 encounters with tiny forms of life in our bedroom including a scorpion, a mouse trapped in a [...]
Posted in Blog on November 19, 2012
I’m a poor blogger. The words are passable, but I’m inconsistent. Any good blogger will tell you that consistency is key. My inconsistency is not laziness, it’s that I’m torn over content. Because of the content of Piggy, I feel like I’m supposed to write cute little paragraphs about parenthood or something funny my kid [...]
Posted in Blog, In Print, Literary Events, Public Appearances on October 23, 2012
Here is the cover for the latest book in the Drinking with Dead Writers series. Once again, art by the fabulously talented Ward Hooper. Drinking with Dead Drunks by Elaine Ambrose and AK Turner In Drunks, Elaine Ambrose and I take turns getting drunk with some of the most famous drunkards of literary history. Some [...]
Posted in Blog, In Other Words on October 18, 2012
“A Thneed’s a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need!” -Dr. Seuss We read The Lorax nightly in my house; the above line is my favorite. I have no doubt that if transported into the story, I would be one of the eager consumers lining up to get my thneed. The book always makes me think of phones. Not just phones, [...]
Posted in Blog on October 4, 2012
Months ago I submitted my book to Publishers Weekly. I sort of forgot about it. Last night it occurred to me that I’d never heard anything back, so I did a quick search and found that they had, indeed, run a review. I held my breath. But then I started to wonder how many brain [...]
Posted in Blog on September 21, 2012
I’m in love with Sarah Silverman. This video isn’t just funny, it is the perfect balance between comedy and politics. That’s not an easy trick to pull off. Usually the politics are overwhelming and the comedy falls short, or the comedy is strong but based on weak politics. Not so, here. This is just right. [...]
