Lit Pub article and an extract

Today, The Lit Pub published my article on Ana C. and Richard Chiem's 'Oh No Everything Is Wet Now'. The article is here:

http://thelitpub.com/oh-no-everything-is-wet-now-is-a-rebellion-against-the-standardisation-of-literature/

Read the book here:

http://magichelicopterpress.com/ohno/ohnoeverythingwet1.html


Extract from new novel

Backstraight and sunken, Robin’s canvas is laced with shapes: a fingernail moon; two heavy, sexual spheres; ribs of fine, long lines; blooming blotches; slow snailing trails; a trinity of stars; a pair of hands. Robin screams a nothing sound and dips the brush back to clean.

reshaping and rewriting

new novel might transform a little, becoming a little more interconnected than originally intended.

seems that it will 'function' as a novel now.

think in terms of how 'A Visit From The Goon Squad' functions as a novel.

certain characters seem likely to become prominent, which I hadn't intended previously.

still very much exploring ideas & experimenting.

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I add to The Prodigal around once a week. Feels like each session is progress. Feels like it is tightening up. I am cutting out anything that seems/feels lazy.

good news

my follow up submission to PANK has been accepted.

editing

i keep finding parts in The Prodigal that seem really poorly written.

editing seems to be the only way to salvage the book.

forgive me.

i am trying hard.

i am still learning.

btw bbz

i'm writing a collection of essays on the subject of virtual ontology.

each essay/article (w/e) will look at a text/book/ebook (w/e) and explore how it has some bearing/relevancy (w/e) on the construction of an ontological self/presence (w/e) within virtual space.

it's called Virtual Ontology.

literary criticism is the shit, yo.

news

first chapter of new project received a very encouraging rejection from PANK.

an article by me will be published in December in The Lit Pub.

new project

is laying itself out for me.

i am learning to be patient with ideas.

to let them spill out as draft, not product.

i hope i have improved as a writer.

i hope i can go on improving The Prodigal between now and its publication date.

i want to offer you a wonderful experience.

my novel

as Beach Sloth noted in his review of the first draft of The Prodigal

it is a very interconnected book.

sentences play off other sentence that may have been 50 pages before.

i put a lot of effort into making these connections seem natural.

because it is such a short novel, there is some joy to making it sing to itself.

the work seems interconnected on account of the way the story is told.

by a character driven text, written in third person-present tense, i was able to jump between times and in/external monologues with a degree of believabilty and continuity.

my novel

while i'm going through the editing process, this might become a series

of how i perceive The Prodigal.



as a comedy, it is not a witty novel.

it is more likely to make you LOL that titter to yourself in a self satisfied way.

it is asinine and base and relatable and foreign.

it is all these things because it is a character based book.

the novel isn't driving towards an ending.

lots of novels i like do that,

but lots of novels that i like go out their way not to.

the novel is geared around some guys.

the novel hangs in a middle.

it might feel like a sketch show.

i tried to track a balance between thinking and actions

and internal and external monologues.

this was the biggest challenge.

this is where most of the editing has been taking place.

this is where i hope to make it a better experience.

this is where i want to make myself as invisible as possible.

my novel

isn't complex, sophisticated or revolutionary.

it is challenging, experimentantive and honest.

it is also quite funny.

i hope you buy it in 2013.

oh

it seems to me

that the worst thing

is to be cruel.

i have been cruel many times.

i will try to minimise this.

i believe that i can be a better person.

October Reading List

Term is restarting and I have two manuscripts to edit. This might be slow going.

Action, Figure - Frank Hinton
Nouns of Assemblage - [various]
Us - Mike K.
In Great Company - Mike S.
EVER - Blakey B.
Wild Abandon - Joe Dunthorne
No Hellos Diet/Hurt Others - Mr. Sam Pink.
My Eyes Saw Your Unformed Limbs - Jacob Steinberg

another exciting bit of news

Circle/Line is due to be published as a chapbook by The Red Ceilings Press.

Projected for around Christmas time.

my novel

'The Prodigal'

has been accepted for publication in 2013.

basic semiotics in Batman Begins

'as a man i'm mortal. i need to be a symbol.'

today

i submitted a book of poetry to 'Plain Wrap'.

interesting

might write an extended essay on discrimination in Police Academy.

news

Today has been spent completing my poetry collection, titled 'Inconclusive Results' & beginning research for next major work of fiction. 'The Prodigal' and 'Circle/Line' are complete and awaiting submission feedback.

Circle Line is complete

Around 4500 words.

Short of the original estimate, but it feels tight.

I am looking to launch it as a chapbook.

Contact me with any offers, idk.

update

Circle/Line has hit 4k words.

It feels like I have been writing this forever.

One press has expressed serious interest in The Prodigal.