Word Count Podcast

I’m currently writing you while wearing headphones and listening to some awesome poetry on RB Wood’s Word Count podcast.  I love hearing writers read their own work.  I love hearing how they pronounce things, how they hold their breaths and which words they choose to leave in their mouths.  There’s such an intimacy to it. Anyway! I’m in this podcast!  … Read More

Plagiarism Ticks Us Right Off. Obviously.

Wow. This hit and it hit HARD. By now most of you are familiar with the idea that a person going by the name Richard Ridyard submitted a plagiarized version of Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman” in to the magazine that I work for, Shock Totem. We immediately contacted Mr. King’s people and got the ball rolling. Then I found the … Read More