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Madville Publishing

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Kim

I’ll be honest, I’ve been on the academic job market for a while now. As Paul Ruffin’s assistant, then “acting” director of Texas Review Press since his death, I have known for a couple of years that I needed to be looking for a new job. What I’ve found is that there are not a lot of job openings in publishing for people with my experience.

I have had the very good fortune of connecting with a group of editors I know and respect, and I have signed on with them at Goliad Review & Press as Production Manager.

Still, that doesn’t satisfy all the requests I have from writers and editors. These are two groups of people I have come to know, and they sometimes overlap. The writers want help getting their work to press, and the editors want work to edit. So, I’m starting a small publishing business that will publish a few titles per year as well as offering a variety of author services. I’m excited about the launch of Madville Publishing, and I hope you will take a look at all we have to offer there.

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AWP 2018

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Kim

I’m heading to AWP 2018. I’m really looking forward to this conference, and I hope to see many of my writing friends there. You will find me in one of two places for most of the conference: The Texas Review Press Booth #751 or the Goliad Review & Press table, #T320.

Here is my schedule:

Thursday 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Author signing–Curt Eriksen, A Place of Timeless Harmony, TRP booth #751. (I’ll have to leave at 4:15, but Curt will be there till 5:00)

Thursday 4:30-5:45 PM
I will be moderator for “The Places America Forgot,” Room 11, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor (My friends Michael Gills and Joseph D. Haske will be reading from their fiction.)

Friday 1:00-3:00 PM
Author signing–Theodora Bishop, On the Rocks, TRP booth #751

Friday 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Author signing–Michael Gills, The House Across from the Deaf School and “The Death of Bonnie and Clyde” and Other Stories, TRP booth #751
(last year there was whiskey)

Saturday 11:30-1:30 PM
Author signing–Lindsay Illich, “Rile & Heave,” TRP booth #751

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Goliad Review and Press

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Kim

I can, at last, brag about my new position at Goliad Review and Press. Since last November, I have been working with some friends from South Texas to bring a new literary journal and press to life. Have a look at this page, and you’ll see my name on the masthead as Production Manager. https://www.goliadreview.com/contact/

It’s a pleasure to work with this bunch of very smart men, and so many talented authors.

Fiction

Three of MY Stories in Helix Magazine

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Kim

I have proof at last. Three of my stories appear in this one issue of Helix Magazine. I’d give you a link to their pages so you could buy a copy, but I have yet to find that. So, if you would like to read any of these stories, let me know and I will send you a copy.

TheHelix-KPD-stories

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I’m speaking in Cuenca

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Kim

I am honored to have been invited to speak in the beautiful Ecuadorian city of Cuenca at the Cuenca International Writers Conference May 28-June 1, 2018.

http://cuencawritersconference.com/conference-schedule-2/

JASAT/journals/Reviews

Hitchcock’s Objects as Subjects

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Kim

I wrote this review for JASAT, the Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas. It appears in Volume 46: November, 2016.

Download the clipping HERE.

Features/Fiction

Wonky Email Delays Gratification

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Kim

While still feeling smug about the Faulkner-Wisdom folks saying they liked my novel-in-progress, I logged into Submittable to see what I still have in the active column, with a view to submitting something somewhere. I clicked the “Accepted” tab by accident, knowing I have received no notifications, but three of my story titles were there with a bright green “accepted” tag beside them. Apparently, The Helix Literature and Art Magazine emailed me two weeks ago, but I never received the emails. I could have been happy about this all this time! For whatever reason, I suppose the time wasn’t right yet.

Look for these stories in the Fall 2017 issue:

“Chumming for Sharks”
“Sea Legs”
“The Messenger”

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Finding Cabo Rojo-recognized by Faulkner Wisdom

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Kim

I was pleased to learn today that my novel-in-progress, Finding Cabo Rojo, received some recognition from the judges of the 2017 Faulkner-Wisdom competition. It made it to the semi-finals, and I heard through the grapevine they had more submissions this year than they have ever had before. I’ll consider it a win. I’m thrilled!

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I will be writing

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Kim

This year I signed up for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge. I think it is the same challenge I wrote for last year but the name changed. In any case, this weekend is round two, so I plan to be writing. I really like my round one story, and it scored respectably, so hopefully it will see the light of day before too long.