Got to put on my writer/editor hat and be a guest on WNPR’s Colin McEnroe Show to talk about Twitter Fiction, Nanoism, and read a few tweet-sized tales. This was my very first radio interview (and live is tough, oof!). My part is toward the beginning, with Colin introducing me around the 6:45 mark. But you should at least listen to the very beginning, because their intro sketch bit is the best part of the show.
My very short and very well received book (26 all 5-star reviews and counting, hooray!), The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam: A Concise Review, is now available on iTunes/iBooks and Kobo in addition to Amazon. Additional ebook formats and the print version are forthcoming. 
While I personally use Amazon for just about everything, I know some people prefer to use other ebook vendors or non-Kindle readers. While the book was part of the KDP Select program (Kindle Unlimited etc), it was exclusive to Amazon. I’ve decided to not renew that program membership (more on that later), which allows me to open up the book to other markets for those so inclined.
For the time being, Kobo is offering a $5 credit for your first ebook purchase, which means that if you’ve never gotten an ebook from them before, my book would be half price.1
I’m going to leave this right here:
Goes to show that you too can have a bestseller on Amazon if you publish in a low-volume niche category (and check routinely, because rankings are based on very short term sales trends).
Still, kinda fun.
Very fun: Nanoism, a few tiny stories, and I made an appearance in the Washington Post yesterday in an article about Twitter’s planned/rumored character-limit change.
For what it’s worth, while the type of fiction I’ve purveyed is only fun within a predominantly constrained system, for people who write Twitter fiction differently, the ability to say more probably wouldn’t be much of an issue (say, those writing in the longitudinal first person like a digital diary of someone surviving a zombie apocalypse).
Yours truly is quoted a couple of times about Twitter Fiction in Verizon Wireless Mobile Living. See “Telling a story, 140 characters at a time,” where a classic Nanoism story from 2013 also makes an appearance (#537).
My very short story “Turkey on Wheat” is back online, republished in The Story Shack with accompanying art by Hong Rui Choo.
Microliterature (“the most popular publication for acclaimed works between 1-1000 words”) has published another entry in my extremely slowly growing collection of Craigslist fiction: “1938 ‘Yosemite Landscape’ Oil Painting,” up on the front page for the next week and at the link above indefinitely.
Microliterature has been around for just over four years, and while the design has changed a bit over time, it has remained pitch perfect venue for very very short stories throughout. Back in 2012, their fine editorial team also published my story, “Did you hear about Lauren?“
The Story Shack has republished my story “You read about local politics and hate the sox” with an accompanying illustration by artist Mike Young. I love this site, and I consistently love seeing what the artists do with their assigned stories. It’s such fresh, inspiring stuff.
Six Questions For… is an interesting site: an ever-growing compilation of interviews with editors of flash fiction publications. Each interview is composed of exactly—wait for it—six questions.
Today’s six questions are with me. About Nanoism. You can read them here.
My flash piece “Memories of Life” was originally published in the now defunct BURST magazine back in 2009. Such is the circle of internet literary magazine life.
Not only has it been republished, courtesy of The Story Shack, but it’s been upgraded with a piece of artwork by Hong Rui Choo that was inspired by the story. You can find them both here.
The Story Shack is I think essentially unique in that their daily-published stories all have commissioned artwork published alongside. And not just any art—art that was crafted specifically for and because of the writing. Seeing the art was a such a thrill, and the site is full of some really amazing companion pieces. I think Rui did an awesome job with it.