tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55907806521984140652011-09-04T06:42:15.319-07:00Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-3428670094783280382011-06-23T16:53:00.001-07:002011-06-23T16:54:24.854-07:00Please check out the column (and leave a comment) I wrote for Hunger Mountain (VCFA's literary magazine) on their blog. It is about the revision process for my first novel.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hungermtn.org/revisionist-theory-revised/">Revisionist Theory</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-342867009478328038?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-26824890688804816422011-06-14T10:03:00.000-07:002011-06-14T10:04:18.129-07:00Up at New Page's... a review I wrote of a fine novel by Tayari Jones. Check it out!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2011-06-14/#Silver-Sparrow-by-Tayari-Jones">Silver Sparrow</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-2682489068880481642?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-86443397274164754182011-06-07T18:41:00.000-07:002011-06-07T18:43:41.275-07:00A really great set of short stories by Jess Row. Here's my review at New Pages:<br /><br /><a href="http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2011-06-01/#Nobody-Ever-Gets-Lost-by-Jess-Row">Jess Row Review</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-8644339727416475418?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-45245246639469953552011-05-03T14:44:00.000-07:002011-05-03T14:46:31.400-07:00Two of my reviews are posted at new pages...<br /><br />One for <a href="http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2011-05/#Beauties-by-Mary-Troy">Beauties</a>, a novel by Mary Troy (and a pleasant read).<br /><br />The other for<a href="http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2011-05/#Color-Plates-by-Adam-Golaski"> Color Plates</a>, a short story collection by Adam Golaski.<br /><br />Enjoy!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-4524524663946995355?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-41124922584317647782011-04-25T18:53:00.000-07:002011-04-25T18:54:40.777-07:00My story "Iconography," which is about a woman's obsession with a monastery, is now up online (and out in print) at Whistling Shade. Check it out...<br /><br /><a href="http://whistlingshade.com/1101/1101/11-1_web/Iconography.htm">Iconography</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-4112492258431764778?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-18598080982172683322010-12-07T08:36:00.000-08:002010-12-07T08:38:02.765-08:00I have been at work on a novel and haven't submitted as much as usual, so it is especially nice to have this piece accepted. Plus, Juked is a great journal.<br /><br />Check out "So Her," a story about identity theft, at Juked:<br /><a href="http://juked.com/2010/12/soher.asp">So Her</a><br /><br />I hope you like it!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-1859808098217268332?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-90730228100725364702010-12-06T06:53:00.001-08:002010-12-06T06:53:42.559-08:00My Review of Pirate Talk... a novel in dialogue is up at New Pages. Check it out!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2010-12-01/#Pirate-Talk-or-Mermalade-by-Terese-Svoboda">Pirate Talk and Mermalade</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-9073022810072536470?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-57757325688195763672010-11-05T16:43:00.001-07:002010-11-05T16:44:23.217-07:00Here's a review I wrote for the November edition<br /><a href="http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2010-11/#Metrophilias-by-Brendan-Connell"><br />Metrophilias</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-5775732568819576367?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-90139500992304364722010-10-06T15:28:00.001-07:002010-10-06T16:03:37.230-07:00Two of my reviews were just published:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2010-10/#Yankee-Invasion-by-Ignacio-Solares">Yankee Invasion</a><br /><br />and<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2010-10/#Our-Jewish-Robot-Future-by-Leonard-Borman">Our Jewish Robot Future</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-9013950099230436472?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-83310663586999939432010-09-28T10:49:00.000-07:002010-09-28T10:52:19.055-07:00I just received my contributors copy of A Capella Zoo Fall 2010, in which my short story "Somewhere Near Gerasa" appears. The piece is an expansion of the demoniac whom Jesus heals. Print copies can be ordered on the website: <a href="http://www.acappellazoo.com/fall10">here</a> and some pieces will be available online in the coming weeks. Check it out!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-8331066358699993943?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-73836672026743226072010-07-23T10:34:00.000-07:002010-07-23T10:36:06.000-07:00"At The End of the Month" is currently the "Story of the Week" at Short Story America. <br />The website does require registration, but the format is good -- I like the "reader" feel and their "library" of classic stories is great.<br />Here is the site's place to register/log-in: <a href="http://www.shortstoryamerica.com/">SSA</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-7383667202674322607?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-49969879618755338942010-06-05T17:19:00.000-07:002010-06-05T17:20:33.648-07:00My short story, "At the End of the Month" is up at Fiction Collective. Check it out!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fictioncollective.blogspot.com/">At the End of the Month</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-4996987961875533894?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-30889022237194797612010-06-01T13:11:00.000-07:002010-06-01T13:15:41.337-07:00I have two new reviews up at NewPages:<br /><br />First, Andrea Jones' <a href="http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2010-06/index.htm#Hook-and-Jill-by-Andrea-Jones">Hook and Jill</a> -- a wild re-imagining of Peter Pan's world<br /><br />Second, a new Trinidadian novel, <a href="http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2010-06/index.htm#Dilemmas-of-Deokie-by-Carol-Sammy">Dilemmas of Deokie</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-3088902223719479761?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-85361832555343851952010-05-31T05:52:00.000-07:002010-05-31T05:53:24.787-07:00My review of Goldie Goldbloom's novel <span style="font-style: italic;">Toad's Museum of Freaks and Wonders</span> is up at NewPages<br /><a href="http://www.newpages.com/bookreviews/2010-05/index.htm#Toad%E2%80%99s-Museum-of-Freaks-and-Wonders-Goldie-Goldbloom"><br />Toad's Museum Review</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-8536183255534385195?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-52518131588091388422010-05-31T05:50:00.000-07:002010-05-31T05:51:15.742-07:00I've been negligent in posting! This new fiction piece went up on May 17th.<br />Check it out!<br /><a href="http://www.amarillobay.org/contents/myers-alex/put-it-together.htm">Put it Together</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-5251813158809138842?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-15226892934408506652010-04-16T05:42:00.001-07:002010-04-16T05:45:07.093-07:00This is a piece of historical fiction about Fruitlands, Bronson Alcott's utopian community. I hope you enjoy!<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><a href="http://lacunajournal.blogspot.com/2010/04/prodigal-son.html">Fruitlands</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-1522689293440850665?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-73577349808597209542010-04-15T06:12:00.001-07:002010-04-15T06:13:15.927-07:00My review of Tara Masih's <span style="font-style: italic;">Where the Dog Star Never Glows</span> is up at New Pages. Check it out! Very nice collection of short fiction.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newpages.com/book-reviews/2010-04/index.htm#Where-the-Dog-Star-Never-Glows-Tara-L-Masih">Masih Review</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-7357734980859720954?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-12424076261597621862010-03-05T04:56:00.000-08:002010-03-05T04:57:44.985-08:00Two of my reviews published this month. One of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Abyss of Human Illusion</span> by Sorrentino and the other of <span style="font-style: italic;">Angel and Apostle</span> by Noyes.<br /><a href="http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2010_03/march2010_book_reviews.htm">March Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-1242407626159762186?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-9185379607620424512010-02-01T18:30:00.000-08:002010-02-01T18:31:57.810-08:00My review of Dangerous Places by Perry Glasser is up at:<br /><a href="http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2010_02/february2010_book_reviews.htm">New Pages</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-918537960762042451?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-12734408106537036802010-02-01T18:28:00.000-08:002010-02-01T18:30:07.122-08:00Here's a short story just published in Drunken Boat. <br /><a href="http://www.drunkenboat.com/db11/02fic/myers/index.php">Come About</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-1273440810653703680?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-90405044848518700762010-01-12T05:17:00.000-08:002010-01-12T05:19:16.366-08:00Started a little side line to the stories and have written a few book reviews. Three of mine are up at New Pages this month:<br /><br /><a href="http://newpages.com/bookreviews/2010_01/january2010_book_reviews.htm">Book Reviews January 2010</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-9040504484851870076?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-76490039225118493642009-09-18T05:08:00.000-07:002009-09-18T05:10:36.714-07:00Check out the debut of my piece "A Night Visit to Endor" at A Fly in Amber...<a href="http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=486"><br /><br />Endor Link</a><br /><br />This story is a fictionalization of 1Samuel28 -- one of my favorite biblical passages. I hope you enjoy.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-7649003922511849364?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-2777109780008950112009-09-03T04:48:00.000-07:002009-09-03T04:50:10.069-07:00A long hiatus from posts here, but so goes the writing and publishing world. I've had a couple of other pieces accepted and will post notice here as soon as they are up and readable. But for now, I hope you enjoy this one:<br /><a href="http://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/2009/9-3/myers.htm"><br />Boxes Of Junk</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-277710978000895011?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-46478350252614204082009-02-13T04:49:00.000-08:002009-02-13T04:51:07.247-08:00I just received my complimentary copies of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Santa Clara Review </span>(Vol.96 no.1) in which my story "Far Gone" appears. Most of my work has been published online, so it is great to see something in print.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-4647835025261420408?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-372520021266280692009-02-03T06:21:00.000-08:002009-02-03T06:22:51.174-08:00A story of mine (written a while back... this one took a long time to find a home) is up at the Battered Suitcase (Vagabondage Press). Check it out; let me know what you think.<br /><br /><a href="http://vagabondagepress.com/90201/V1I9SS5.html">http://vagabondagepress.com/90201/V1I9SS5.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-37252002126628069?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-14521846952835074872009-01-29T15:07:00.000-08:002009-12-07T19:22:17.501-08:00My story, "Proof of Loss," is up at Ghoti ... check it out!<a href="http://www.ghotimag.com/myers.htm"><br /></a><a href="http://ghotimag.com/archives/Issue%2017/myers.htm">http://ghotimag.com/archives/Issue%2017/myers.htm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-1452184695283507487?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-10171493523066159742008-12-25T18:48:00.000-08:002009-12-07T19:25:39.218-08:00An essay of mine is now up online in Conte Journal. The essay concerns the summer I spent in Wyoming while I was in college. Hope you enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.conteonline.net/issue0402/indian01.shtml">http://www.conteonline.net/issue0402/indian01.shtml</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-1017149352306615974?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590780652198414065.post-28331577948773309682008-12-17T07:09:00.001-08:002008-12-17T07:11:46.194-08:00Just getting things started here... <br /><br />This year is my first year of writing seriously and trying to get my work published. As I begin to have pieces out there online and in print, I thought it would be a good idea to gather an archive of my work. So, here you will be able to find links to all of my online work as it comes out as well as a list of works in print. <br /><br />Any comments, especially those that are moderately friendly, are welcome.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5590780652198414065-2833157794877330968?l=alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048240354927425846noreply@blogger.com0