The Elegant Variation
A BRIEF RANT
Pet peeves are, by their nature, disproportionate responses to often trivial offenses. Fine. Fair enough. But when did it become acceptable for airline after airline to make "last and final" boardi...
REQUIRED READING
For those who are curious, these are some of the texts I'm using for my Melbourne class on starting your first novel ...
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Well, folks, I am taking to the skies once again, heading first to Melbourne, Australia to participate in the Melbourne Writers Festival (where, among other things, I will be teaching a sold out Ma...
Zachary Amendt on Short Fiction
We're busy unpacking, even as we prep for our departure to Australia, New Zealand, Amsterdam, Paris and New York on the next leg of the Harry Conquers the Globe tour. So for today, we leave things ...
Zachary Amendt on Rural California
I don't want to write about anything else. I can't, really. When I try it goes flat ? I wind up talking about threshing and the coming harvest. I've had spells in Omaha, in Brooklyn, young and goin...