Hi y’all!We’ve got a little surprise for you. Hint hint: What does this photo mean?? Wait and see… (c) Matthew Keefer The No Extra Words podcast is running a cool little series call “Writer Spaces” wherein previously published authors (such as yours truly) describe their writing spaces in audio-form. Here’s the next few scheduled posts: -Episode 75, Feb. 17 (later today!!)-Episode 77, Mar. 17-Episode 78, Mar. 31 – OUR AUDIO ESSAY FEATURED HERE!!-Episode 81, May 12 So yes. Check out No Extra Words on their site, or iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts (or all of the above). And be sure to stop byRead More →

Gettin’ ready to shoot some musicians. With a camera. Yeah, awk. (c) Pamela Almeida Welcome to the new year! It’s 2017! Everything is ending! We haven’t monetized this tiny little blog with ads and other obnoxiousness, buuuut… we thought this was a cool idea to hear what ch’all have to say. How can you get a say? Check out the right side of the blog – a Paypal/Credit Card donate button! Woo hoo! We’re asking $1 – for a suggestion of a CD review you want (current year only); $3 for an artist interview. Mostly, we wanna hear what you want to read. Might asRead More →

Kyle Morton circa the solemn 1930s (B&W). Photo (c) Jeremy Paul Hernandez. Rough Trade NYC, New York, NY. Fri. 1-20-17, Doors 8p, Show 9p. $15.Cafe 393, Boston, MA. Sat. 01-21-17, Doors 7:30p, Show 8p. SOLD OUT. In case you were unaware, we are obsessed with Typhoon. You might want to read our review of their debut full-length White Lighter from 2013 – one of two 5 / 5’s on this little blog (the other belonging to Deer Tick). It’s a brilliant album, we can safely say. So when we saw Kyle Morton’s solo tour, the same Mr. Morton who is primary songwriter and singer forRead More →

Illus. by Alessandra Briggs, www.alliebriggs.com Our second collection of shorts and poems is going to be released on Amazon all through 2017. If you purchased a digital copy of Vol. 1, well congrats, because you’re getting an update (or rather, several updates) that will be Vol. 2. Gratis. We’re starting with a flash fiction and a poem, for now. A thank you for your support. We’ve spoiled the titles of the new stories, and a ToC for you. Here’s the Amazon link right here. We’ll be putting the new stories up one-by-one, just because we thought it’d be fun. And we’re brewing in our head aRead More →