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I Started Writing My Book About A Mass Shooting 13 Mass Shootings Ago

By jim_snowden June 13, 2016The Larger World

Yesterday, I checked on when I'd started working on my new book. Turns out that its inception date, under the title The Uninvited Guest (the first and least inspired of its many…

The Writing Life: Keep Me Away From Civilization V

By jim_snowden May 7, 2016Autobio

Last night, I really did start out wanting to work on revisions for the new book. I did, Mom, honest and for true. I know I have a grant application…

Introversion, the Literary Community, and Me

By jim_snowden August 13, 2015Uncategorized

Meghan Tift wrote a piece in The Atlantic called "The Agony of Community" that got me thinking about my own relationship, or lack of it, with the Seattle literary community. Whether we’re…