Category Archives: writing

Warmed and Bound

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Gordon

My story “Headshot” will be featured in Warmed and Bound: A Velvet Anthology, available July 22 in paperback and e-book from your favorite online bookseller. This project has been a labor of love, born out of a reading/writing community called … Continue reading →

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A Simple List of Writer Dos and Don’ts

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Gordon

This is a guest post by Caleb J Ross as part of his Stranger Will Tour for Strange blog tour. He will be guest-posting beginning with the release of his novel Stranger Will in March 2011 to the release of … Continue reading →

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Icebergs in Your Shorts

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Gordon

I’ve been reading a lot of short story collections this year, and they always take me so much longer to get through than novels. Which I’m certain mirrors their authors’ own experiences creating them. It can be exhausting reading more … Continue reading →

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Bike Writing

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Gordon

I obsess over my sentences (in stories, not blog posts). This makes me an exceptionally-slow writer, as I don’t move on from a paragraph until it’s as polished as can be at that time. One finished page is a really … Continue reading →

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Will I Am but Will I Be?

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Gordon

Today as I sat on a park bench scribbling in a Moleskine and trying not to appear suspicious (difficult for a single male my age), irony washed over me as I flashed back to the book I’d read earlier this … Continue reading →

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Planing in the Workshop

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Gordon

This is a guest post from Caleb J Ross, author of the chapbook Charactered Pieces: stories, as part of his ridiculously-named Blog Orgy Tour. Visit his Web site for a full list of blog stops. Charactered Pieces: stories is currently … Continue reading →

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Beer und Questions Asks

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Gordon

I’m honored to be the first in a series of author interviews called [Blank] und Questions Asks… wherein author Caleb J. Ross sits down with me at a local bar to discuss my novel, Major Inversions, fueled by the social … Continue reading →

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Promo Copy Cats

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Gordon

Cutting through network promotions clichéd hyperbole. What they say. What they mean. The show everyone’s talking about.Everyone being those in our programming department whose jobs are on the line. It’s been a ratings disappointment despite the buzz cash we poured … Continue reading →

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Fairy Dust Between the Sprockets

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Gordon

Having just been reduced to a wide-eyed nine-year-old all over again by witnessing E.T.: The Extraterrestrial in its high definition glory, and awing at the recent digital majesty of Wall•e, it brought to mind the question: what makes for magical … Continue reading →

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-Esque

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Gordon

My short story -Esque is featured in Two Guys Enter a Bar. One Leaves, the premiere issue of the Colored Chalk lit zine (and theme for all stories this month). You’re also encouraged to plaster your own ‘hood with paper … Continue reading →

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