Victor’s Indifference, now available at The Rusty Nail

One of my oldest short stories is now posted at The Rusty Nail. I wrote it after reading an article about Hurricane Victor and thinking of how disconnected I was, being so far away, reading about it in a paper. Then, I sat down and wrote Victor’s Indifference. I saw it sitting on the computer one day and decided to find a place for it.

Feel free to check it out.

-Jack

The Art of the Critique

This week, the Confabulator Cafe was all about critiquing. I shared some advice on what to do and what not to do when you are asked to critique someone’s writing. If you haven’t checked it out, please do.

The Art of the Critique

I hope everyone is hanging in there in the midwest and northeast. It was a heck of a storm, and my back hurts from shoveling snow. But the sun is shining, the roads are getting drivable, and it looks like we have all survived another snowpocalypse.

Stay warm.

-Jack

There is always time to write, right?

There is always time to write, right?

My weekly contribution to the Confabulator Cafe came in right before posting time. Ironic, since this week’s topic was making time to write. It’s a busy life, right now, especially with two literary theory classes and working fifty hours a week. Still, I got it up there, as always. I hope you enjoy it.

– Jack

“Waking” Now Available in Epiphany Magazine Issue 18

One of my oldest short stories is now available in Epiphany Magazine‘s online literary journal. The original version of this story was written in the summer following my first fiction writing class at Iowa State University. It’s been through a couple of versions since then. I think it was waiting for me to grow up. Much like William David Bates, I had to experience loss to really understand what we have, how fragile it is, and how to move on when you’ve lost it.

You can read “Waking” in Issue 18 of Epiphany Magazine. Click my name to instantly go to the story, or browse around at the other contributions.

http://www.epiphmag.com/Epiphanyepiphmagissue18Fiction.html#jca

Thanks for reading,

Jack