Well, it’s February and if you’re anything like me, your New Year’s resolutions to write more, submit more, write on a schedule, finally finish that scene, that story, that book have all faded away like champagne bubbles. To help you get back to being productive, here are some websites dedicated to helping writers get motivated:Continue reading “Getting Motivated”
Author Archives: aubrey
Why I Gave Away My Wedding Dress
Pretty soon after my wedding I started to wonder what I was supposed to do with my wedding dress. It wasn’t the kind of thing I could wear to a Christmas party. Some people, I knew, had their dresses “preserved” by a dry cleaner, a kind of textile embalming. I didn’t think my dress wouldContinue reading “Why I Gave Away My Wedding Dress”
Talking to Little Girls
Today, for the first time ever, I have a piece of writing in a newspaper! Long live print media! My article is called “Chatting with Princess Wannabe” and it’s in today’s edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The article is a response to Lisa Bloom’s Huffington Post piece, “How to Talk to Little Girls“. In herContinue reading “Talking to Little Girls”
Stripped & PANK “Science & Fiction” Special Issue
Happy New Year! Here are a couple of literary things to help you start 2012 off right! First, there’s a new anthology out called Stripped: A Collection of Anonymous Flash. I’ve got a story in it, alongside Sherrie Flick, Randall Brown, Michael Martone, Roxane Gay, Devan Goldstein, Kathy Fish, Ethel Rohan, J Bradley, Amber Sparks,Continue reading “Stripped & PANK “Science & Fiction” Special Issue”
Blurbs!
Going through the publication process with my first book is teaching me a lot. For example, when I sent the book out for blurbs, I discovered a brand new blend of excitement and mortal terror that I think only exists when you’re showing other people your book for the first time. I spent a harrowingContinue reading “Blurbs!”
Sounds My Radiator Makes That Kept Me Fully Awake Last Night Between the Hours of 2 and 6 a.m.
The one that sounds like someone’s firing bird shot into the pipes The one that sounds like boiling water The one that sounds like my late hamster, Time Machine, drinking from his water bottle (this one is both annoying and sad) The one that sounds like my laptop fan cycling The one that sounds likeContinue reading “Sounds My Radiator Makes That Kept Me Fully Awake Last Night Between the Hours of 2 and 6 a.m.”
Getting to Know the Market
Re-posted from my monthly column at FFC. If you’re new to the submissions game, trying to find markets that might fit your work can seem like an impossible task. How do you learn your way around an arena as vast and varied as the world of literary magazines? Mostly, it just takes a lot ofContinue reading “Getting to Know the Market”
Do it.
Reposted from my monthly column at FFC. The other day on Facebook, my cousin posted a note about her first ever college writing class. The students were asked to bring in a piece of writing they admired and three of them brought in this poem by Charles Bukowski, called “so you want to be aContinue reading “Do it.”
Cool Things!
Two things: First, big news! My short story collection, Why We Never Talk About Sugar, is going to be released this spring by Big Wonderful Press. The collection has 13 stories in it. Some of them have been published in places like PANK, Annalemma, Hobart, Vestal Review and Whiskey Island Magazine. And others are brandContinue reading “Cool Things!”
The Reprint Issue 5
There’s a new issue of The Reprint online today. I was really honored to be able to write the introduction to this fantastic issue. Contributors include Len Kuntz, Lauren Spohrer, Corey Zeller and Jennifer Knox, among others. You should go read it right now and be amazed by their work. When conceiving my introduction, IContinue reading “The Reprint Issue 5”
Aubrey Hirsch 