Hey, a rare Saturday morning post, here, but I wanted to share some info. If you have an iPad, the iBook store has some good eBooks on sale for $3.99 or less. Because they are iBook books, I don’t have an affiliate relationship and don’t get any kickbacks, so don’t think I’m profiteering!!! (With this business model, I WILL need a bailout at some point, though…) Here are some of the titles on sale: Shopgirl – Steve Martin The Monsters of Templeton – Lauren Groff Wicked – Greg

Instead of just posting ONE story to read online (which will likely be what I do, most Wednesday mornings) I thought I would start with posting a whole site: The short fiction section at a website called East of the Web. What caught my eye, here, is the treatment of each story as a sort of mini-book…each with a cover and synopsis, ready to be perused and read. As we move deeper into a digital age, it seems to me that THIS will be the direction short fiction takes, even within

Let’s start off with the obvious: the iPad isn’t the right fit for everyone. It isn’t a full blown computer and it isn’t a production machine, but it isn’t designed to be. The most common response I’ve had since getting an iPad has been one of curiosity. People at coffee shops or at school or wherever I am want to “see what it can do” and I’ve attempted to demonstrate some of the features for the curious. The second most common response is, “So, it’s basically just a big iPod

…because I haven’t written any reviews or critiques of the stuff I’ve been reading… So, in the meantime, let me ruminate about a couple of things…tidbits of my reality. 1. I recently subscribed to both One Story and The First Line (along with TFL’s companion publication, Workers Write). One Story publishes ONE story per issue and publishes every three weeks or so. Because of the format, they focus on longer (7-10,000 word) short fiction. I’ve read A Minor Momentousness in the