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More love for Bitter Orange!
In which Book Cover Justice says Very Nice Things about my latest: http://bookcoverjustice.blogspot.hk/2013/08/review-bitter-orange-by-marshall-moore.html
Have you bought it yet? You know you want to. bitter orange, reviewsOn all that chummy smiley obligatory writing advice...
Somewhere along the way, maybe around the time I joined the North of 40 Club, I became a bit of a curmudgeon. The time has come for a cantankerous moment. If I see another one of these blog posts made up mainly of recycled platitudes about writing, I’ll reach through the Internet and carve an Oxford comma into the offending party’s cranium. Here’s ( Read more... )New short story: "Hell Is Other People"
I am enjoying a bit of a hot streak now that the first draft of Murder in the Cabaret Sauvignon is done. (There were times when I thought I would never get the damn thing done. And I don't even want to think about the editing job that lies ahead of me... not when I've got a dissertation to write.) I've now cranked out three short stories, the ( Read more... )Bitter Orange: two new reviews!
Bitter Orange has received two new reviews, both from the UK, one quite positive and one... full of swear words!
The positive one, from I Need That Book: http://ineedthatbook.blogspot.hk/2013/08/bitter-orange-by-marshall-moore.html
( Read more... )New short story (plus publication/performance)
Now it can be told: my new short story "Blackwork and Flash" will be published/performed by Liars' League HK. I didn't mention finishing this one because I wanted to keep the judging process anonymous. I'm actually one of the writing judges for LLHK, which means I'm one of the people who pick out which stories are read/performed each month. We ( Read more... )How to Write a Book Review (No, Really).
There has been a lot in the blogosphere about the ethics of reviewing books lately, and I’ve been paying a lot more attention to this kind of thing than I used to. There’s a lot out there, so it’s likely I’ve missed something important; indeed, it’s possible someone has already written something similar to what I want to say here. But being both an ( Read more... )A response to "How to Ask Someone about Their Ethnicity..."
First, read this essay at Jezebel:
http://jezebel.com/how-to-ask-someone-about-their-ethnicity-without-being-758679070
When you live in Asia as an expat, the question of otherness is a statement. If you're white, you're presumed not ( Read more... )A scathing book review, for your delectation
I give up on books. Life is too short to read bad ones, or even almost-good ones that lose their way and wander around in pointless circles. In this case, the book in question is James Salter's much-hyped All That Is. Here, for your delectation, and with minor edits, is what I posted on Goodreads:
I am not going to give this book a star rating ( Read more... )Weird Fiction Review on Bitter Orange
Bitter Orange got a mostly favorable but slightly meh review from Weird Fiction Review. Honestly, I'm just flattered to have even rated the attention from them. The reviewer liked the premise and the set-up but wasn't crazy about the ending, finding it rushed.
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