Calling all central Minnesota writers and readers! Join me this Thursday for a writing workshop and reading at New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in New York Mills, MN. Here’s the workshop description from the Cultural Center’s website: Join author and visiting artist Emily Eckart for an interactive writing workshop. After discussing basic elements of …
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Out and About With Pale Hearts
It’s been a fun first month for Pale Hearts. My first reading was at Trident Booksellers in Boston. The atmosphere in this bookstore is especially nice because they have a cafe, so reading attendees can relax with a glass of wine or a snack. Although I had a cold, I forged through and had a …
Dispatch from book launch
Pale Hearts is out in the world! The books are printed, orders have shipped, and my first book signing went wonderfully yesterday. I’m so grateful to the readers who stopped by! I was impressed to hear that someone already read the entire book on Kindle. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy …
Pale Hearts is here!
It’s publication day! You can now buy Pale Hearts on Amazon. There’s a paperback for those who love the printed word, as well as Kindle version for ebook enthusiasts.
Pale Hearts is available October 4th!
My long-anticipated short story collection will be available for sale on Amazon exactly one week from today! The collection includes 15 stories: some that appeared only in print, a few online favorites, and 5 all-new, never-before-published stories. In this book, I explore the idea of crime, from the newsworthy (arson, kidnapping) to the everyday (lies, …
First book, first residency
I am very excited to announce that my first book, a crime-themed short story collection titled PALE HEARTS, will be released by Insomnia Publishing later this year. Stay tuned for more specific updates! In addition, I was just awarded my first artist residency. I’ll be spending a month at New York Mills Regional Cultural Center …
Recommended reading: The Privileges by Jonathan Dee
This novel examines the ambitions of Adam and Cynthia Morey, who ascend from the middle class into the realm of the wealthy–thanks, in no small part, to Adam’s adventures in insider trading. The Moreys are narcissistic, shallow, and materialistic, but somehow compelling in their shameless grand devotion to vice. Yet the characters never become caricatures. …
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New fiction
I am very happy to have new fiction in Jelly Bucket! Issue Six arrived in the mail today.
New Fiction: Peanut Butter
I have new fiction today up at Tower Journal. There were four ways to kill someone with peanut butter. Beth had listed them herself. So it was practically her own fault, Anna reasoned, that the last way was so easy. Gym was the best time, when she had easy access to Beth’s lunchbox. In the …
New fiction: Depthless
I have another music-themed story out this week! This one’s about the odd relationship between two musicology grad students who meet at a conference. I am thrilled that New World Writing has posted this piece. I have admired this journal for a while and it is an honor to have my work published there. I …
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