Vacationing shook loose the writing juice
We (the fam) drove to Maine and back over the past 3 weeks. I knew I needed to get away, I didn't know how much. The day I got back I my...
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A little more color to this Cajun
Raised on Bayous and Boudin, educated by Bengals, and now clad in Boots, my writing finds it's Bearing in the South. All opinions and random thoughts are my own.
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If the dead end moves not once, but twice, shouldn’t that make it twice the party?
Chuck, "The End of the World Bar," Soaked
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Contests and Publications
Dark Roux, Unsolicited Press, 2022
Hidden River Arts, Hawk Mountain Short Story Collection ~ Semi- Finalist
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 ~ https://thewritingdistrict.com/november-2018-winner/
Barrelhouse Magazine, Special Villains Issue ~ https://www.barrelhousemag.com/onlinelit/2018/10/7/the-same
Deep South Magazine ~ https://deepsouthmag.com/2018/08/30/the-end-of-the-world-bar/
Coffin Bell Journal, Issue 1.3 ~ https://coffinbell.com/sidewalks-and-bridges/
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Re-invention or extinction
"Rather than social forces, Locke believed that the Great Migration occurred because of an act of consciousness, a willingness on the...
Reading is good work
I'm embarrassed to admit I couldn't find the author who wrote this, or the exact quote, but it goes something like this: "You need time...
Ain't boiled for a crowd since '19
Cute aren't they? They're Texas bugs. Which means they don't have that deep, earthy taste Louisiana ones do. But they did the trick. All...
No more virgins
That's it. I'm not going to be using "virginal wilderness" any longer. I've been schooled. First, it is slut shaming, suggesting...
Richlin's Arguments with Silence
Over the weekend I finished Amy Richlin's Arguments with Silence. My wife took a class of hers in college and said it was life changing....
The Road Always Travelled
I recently read Songlines by Bruce Chatwin. I am now reading Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde. The first people of...
Hidden River Arts
Thanks Hidden River Arts and Hawk Mountain for giving Soaked some love: https://hiddenriverarts.wordpress.com/news-celebrations-and-publi...
Reluctant Hero(ine) for President!
I, like many of us, am a sucker for the reluctant hero(ine). Gimme Frodo. Love me some Meg Murry. Until this week I thought it was...
Morbidly Timely
This connects to the selling of feelings in my last post. Fear, grief, disillusionment: are these what we go into debt from? Or is this...
Selling Feelings
As I perused Atlantic articles and Lit Hub articles and CNN articles I watched as my emotions changed. Each peddled a different feeling:...
Some good South
"The Southern writing tradition has always been the fertile ground for fire. Dry weeds exist, yet the soil is rich. For me, the South is...
Into the Mystic
My first (self-published) novel was full of mysticism. My Catholic upbringing made sure I remained aware of powerful forces beyond my...
Riding Covid Up
This damn pandemic has made me spend more time outside. And that's good. I get to do things like boil crawfish for family I haven't seen...
Toward emptiness
I'm currently reading Eudora Welty & Walker Percy: The Concept of Home in Their Lives. First, I'm amazed at how heady Montgomery can be...
Katrina, but cold
Full disclosure: I was not in New Orleans for Katrina. The worst we had it in Baton Rouge was power loss for a week. I didn't even have...
Soaked in Love
This summer my short story collection Soaked has been getting love from some amazing competitions: Finalist for the George Garrett...
The messiness of names
I read this lovely article yesterday: hub.com/the-question-of-homoeroticism-in-whitmans-poetry/ . In it the auther considers what makes...
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