How is this for bad self promotion: I’m reading last night at Blackbird Wine Shop in Portland, OR.
On the other hand, you can check out the story that I read (“A Proper Love Story“) at intentionalducati.org. Thanks to Stevan Allred and Joanna Rose who put on this fabulous event.
My story “Love” is now available in issue #10 of the Los Angeles Review. It looks like a great issue. Thanks to Stefanie Freele and all the other great folks who work on this magazine.
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Here is my video about failure. I talk about my love affair with failure and how it serves me as a writer. I also reveal a bit too much about my psychoses. And I talk about martinis.
Yuvi’s novel will be available on August 14 and can be pre-ordered today:
Here is the semi-authorized trailer (which includes the creepy author pantsless):
So the exact same week I released my mock book trailer touting my book’s rejections, I received an offer for my book from a really cool small publisher. And I just accepted the offer today. And I am now represented by a fabulous agent too. The book is slated to be published Fall of 2012. Here is more information about the book: A BRILLIANT NOVEL IN THE WORKS
Don’t worry!… I still consider myself a failed writer and the “I’m a Failed Writer” presentations will continue unabated. In fact, I now feel like more of a fraud than ever before!
I have two short videos for you this time. First of all, I made a book trailer for the novel that I was struggling to sell. Instead of talking about the high points, it emphasizes all the rejections. It requires just one minute of your life! Check it out before you get too annoyed with me and my gratuitous and ineffective use of exclamation marks! (WARNING: This one minute video has two occurrences of a neurotic Jew in his underwear.)
And related to this trailer, I created another “I’m a Failed Writer” episode, this time about the balance between the writing and the marketing of the writing, where I tell my own story about re-balancing things to de-emphasize the marketing and focus again on the writing.
Laura Stanfill interviewed me for her writing blog. She’s made it so that I totally don’t sound like a fraud… Thanks, Laura!
My story “God and Buses” is now out in Glimmer Train. Issue #78, Spring 2011. It took 10 years and 23 rejections (!!!) but I finally made it onto their pages… Really nice issue, with Gina Ochsner and others… (For more details about my submission obsession, see my presentation From Poop to Glimmer.)
My post about downgrading my computer was published on practically efficient. It’s a really nice blog about “technology, workflows, and life.” Thanks, Eddie!
My short essay about Portland was recently published in a beautiful, little book called Our Portland Story.
