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Sat, Mar 09
Dark Roux Signing
San Antonio
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Mar 09, 2024, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
San Antonio, 306 Pearl Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78215, USA
I'll be at the Twig in San Antonio signing copies of Dark Roux! There will be a farmer's market happening at the same time. Get your fixins for a gumbo and come pass a visit!
Sat, Aug 31
Lone Star Writer's Roundup
New Braunfels
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Aug 31, 2024, 9:00 AM – Sep 01, 2024, 5:00 AM
New Braunfels, 375 S Castell Ave, New Braunfels, TX 78130, USA
More details to come! Likely will have nearly 50 Texas authors to chat with!
Sat, Oct 28
Louisiana Book Festival
Baton Rouge
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Oct 28, 2023, 9:00 AM – Oct 29, 2023, 4:00 PM
Baton Rouge, 701 N 4th St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, USA
Hundreds of authors! Thousands of books! Millions of thoughts, memories, and stories!

Choices are always goodbye to something.

Addison, p. 156 Dark Roux

Contests and Publications

Kallisto Gaia Press, Joshua Tree Novel Prize~Finalist

Dark Roux, Unsolicited Press, 2022

Hidden River Arts, Hawk Mountain Short Story Collection ~ Longlisted

Faulkner Wisdom-Words Competition ~ Finalist

Black Lawrence Press, The Hudson Prize ~ Semi-Finalist

Texas Review Press, George Garrett Fiction Prize ~ Finalist

Leapfrog Press, Fiction Prize ~ Longlisted

The Writing District, Monthly Winner

Barrelhouse Magazine, Special Villains Issue

Deep South Magazine

Coffin Bell Journal, Issue 1.3

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Toby

Oct 9
3 min

Reluctantly Crafty

If you've followed this blog you may have noticed I've stayed pretty far south of conversations about craft. But with the Louisiana Book...

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Sep 6
2 min

The Insecurity Pit

I keep telling myself I should be over this by now. This is long work number three on submission. It's a novel I began writing 18 years...

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Epic LeBlanc family trip highlights and lowlights

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Jul 17
2 min

Epic LeBlanc family trip highlights and lowlights

Highlights: Getting to see old friends is always a treat (like Melissa, Larry, Stella, and Rhett). But when they have become family it is...

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Jun 5
1 min

Update on the new era

This gorgeous cover belongs to none other than Shome Dasgupta (with Malarkey Books and Mathew Yates' art). The Muu-Antiques comes out...

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May 1
2 min

The Prayer

Jourdan Thibodeaux est Les Rodailleurs are trying to save Cajun and Creole culture. I've been following Mr. Thibodeaux for a while now...

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Apr 12
2 min

The Next Era

Dark Roux, and really this entire writing life, was birthed on New Year's Eve 2013. While out having drinks with friends we talked about...

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Mar 24
2 min

Sneak Peek

Hurricane Katrina was a touchstone moment in my life. I still think I could have done more and should have. I was only an hour away from...

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Mar 14
3 min

Top 20 Highlights of AWP

20. Mountains. With Snow. 19. The brand new Seattle Summit Convention Center building is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S. 18. Seattle weather. Yes I know...

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Toby

Mar 3
2 min

Caricaturized again

The image to the left is a good representation of the audio sample I heard for Dark Roux (launched 3/2). It's innocent enough, seeing...

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Feb 20
2 min

Lundi Gras

The sweet agony of anticipation is what makes everything worth it. Watching those food videos where they cut the steak is better than...

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Toby

Feb 9
1 min

Book Giveaway!

It is DARK ROUX's 6 month birthday! I want to give away a copy to you by pulling your name out of this top hat. To enter for a free copy...

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Jan 25
1 min

Mardi Gras Nostalgia

Things that make me nostalgic during Mardi Gras season: Cheap plastic beads The knife stays in the King Cake Box! Any song by Professor...

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Jan 10
2 min

Hyper-local

I love that term, hyper-local. As if local was not close enough. So much of my writing is focused on regional community. I like writing...

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Jan 2
1 min

A continuation of the new me

I find resolutions are an exercise in disappointment. But, several years ago I was out on New Year's Eve with my wife and some friends...

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Toby

Dec 19, 2022
3 min

Human Nature vs. Human Being

When I was at LSU I was obsessed with getting a better understanding of human nature. I used up my elective credits taking philosophy,...

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Toby

Dec 6, 2022
2 min

The Cajun Way

This weekend one of my literary dreams meets my culinary dreams. On Saturday I will show up at Reverie Books in South Austin to sign...

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Toby

Nov 28, 2022
1 min

Season of Gratitude

Touts mes amis! It's been so long since we talked! Today I want you to see in written words how unbelievably grateful I am for what's...

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Toby

Oct 26, 2022
2 min

Reed's Revolution

A week ago, when I grabbed my phone at 1230AM because I couldn't sleep, I fully expected to fall into a Tik Tok hole and be up for...

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Toby

Oct 5, 2022
1 min

Found in Translation

Y'all need to tune into https://www.krvs.org/show/bonjour-louisiane-on-krvs . I have been listening on the way to work and it has been a...

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Sep 13, 2022
2 min

Dreaming of hope instead of horror

In a previous post I talked about a piece I am working on set in Antarctica post two degrees of warming. Since then I have been reading...

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