Tirtagangga, East Bali, Indonesia. September 23-25, 2011. 1. The fields At Taman Tirta Gangga, water courses through stone channels and fountains and carvings of animals and gods that watch and expel it. Bored local boys hang out by the pool. Tourists come on buses, and some stay the night. Swifts move together like static, skim [...]
All posts for the month February, 2012
Everything is green: A few days in Tirtagangga
Posted by melaniejoya on February 21, 2012
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Sanur, the lovely snore of Bali
Sanur, Bali, Indonesia. September 20-22, 2011. In Sumatra, I’d formulated a distressing fantasy. I wanted to be moved from one point to another in a hermetic sort of vessel. It would be nearly silent in there, and cool, and the excellent windows would seal off the noise and reek of traffic. Never counting myself among those [...]
Posted by melaniejoya on February 14, 2012
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New work online!
My story “Sheds” won 3rd place in the 20th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest! You can read it here on the Chronicle’s website, and links the 1st and 2nd place winners are here. Thanks to my lovely entourage and to everyone else who came to the event at BookPeople last night, and to the [...]
Posted by melaniejoya on February 9, 2012
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Reception and readings (possibly by me) at BookPeople, Feb. 8
This Wednesday, February 8, I’ll be at BookPeople in Austin at the party for The Austin Chronicle’s 20th Annual Short Story Contest, for which I was extremely pleased to find out I’m a finalist. The winners will be announced at this event, which I’ve never been to before but sounds like a lot of fun [...]
Posted by melaniejoya on February 4, 2012
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I would disappear into the night: My writer brain on Wyoming, pt. 3 of 3
The first and second parts of this series are here and here, respectively. 12.2.11. Finished “The Emily Ice” today! It took 20 months. Sat on the floor and read the whole thing aloud. Then I worked on revising the Colt story. After dinner, we walked through the falling snow to the lodge and sat in [...]
Posted by melaniejoya on February 3, 2012
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My novella, City in the River, City in the Forest, available from Hag's Head Press
Incident at Love Canal, with Christine Shea!
