October 31st, 2022

What is this, 2012?

When I told Mark I had a reading this week and a short story coming out soon, he said “What is this, 2012?” which is what I had already decided to call this post, so further evidence that we were in lockdown together to long!

The reading is Tuesday evening, 7pm, (EDIT: an earlier, dumber version of this post said Monday–OOPS!) just an open mic night with the The Writer’s Union of Canada–Ontario chapter, so a modest gathering (not open to the public but if you are a chapter member and feel like attending, I would love to see you there!) I am stoked to be getting my sea legs back reading after a loooong (2 years??) hiatus. After I finish writing this, I guess I should go…practice!

I realized after the reading was only a few days away that what I should read from should probably be my short story “The Action” since it’s forthcoming in the lovely journal Hermine Annual in the next few weeks. This hiatus has been even longer–nearly 5 years since I published any fiction. My last short story was published in the Short Story Advent Calendar 2017. I feel so sad saying that–I wrote a whole novel and a memoir since then, but still! Short stories!! My heart!

Anyway, I’ll post an update here if I totally muff the reading–or not–and one when Hermine is on sale.