Feels so weird that it's Daytona 500 weekend & I won't be writing anything about NASCAR over the next few days.

Over at @somewordslit.bsky.social, I just published my first poem after a seven year hiatus 😅 It’s about my son & Patrick Mahomes’ knee & about how the Super Bowl sucks this year. It’d mean a lot to me if y’all checked it out 💞

First agent rejection. I don’t want to do this, like, 50 more times so if someone wants to just, like, be my agent…hit me up.

Unfortunately, my time with RotoBaller has come to an unexpected end. If anyone knows of any paid, part-time roles in the fantasy sports or women's basketball space, please let me know.

Unfortunately, my time with RotoBaller has come to an unexpected end. If anyone knows of any paid, part-time roles in the fantasy sports or women's basketball space, please let me know.

2026 books thread.

New poem about yogurt. dodoeraser.org/2026/01/14/i...

New poem today in BRUISER about a lot of things — parenting, Alan Jackson, a dude throwing shoes at his own truck at a stop sign. www.bruisermag.com/carter_shoes

New poem today in BRUISER about a lot of things — parenting, Alan Jackson, a dude throwing shoes at his own truck at a stop sign. www.bruisermag.com/carter_shoes

3 poems in Michigan City Review of Books: "Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party" "Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)" "Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail" mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...

3 poems in Michigan City Review of Books: "Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party" "Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)" "Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail" mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...

New short story. citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-night-ri...

New short story. citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-night-ri...

2025 publications thread — I published some things, so here are the things First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26

2025 publications thread — I published some things, so here are the things First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26

Thinking of picking an early 20th century novelist to read a lot of in 2026. Right now I’m between Cather, Hemingway, & Fitzgerald.

2026 writing goals: - give novel #1 a final pass through & start querying agents - figure out the structure of novel #2 & try to have a first draft done by the end of 2026 - write at least two poems every week - work on some longer (4-6k word) short stories

doing a special call for football pieces

Read a new poem by me here: somewords.boards.net/thread/27/sa... "No Religion Has Found Me," title from Ruth Baumann's "Medley, Societal" from "One Thousand Ars Poeticas," available from @sixthfinch.bsky.social . Thanks to @somewordslit.bsky.social & @juscarts.com for giving this one a home!

If the last place I taught had this rule, I would have been suspended because a student couldn't find the right classroom & complained to my department that I must have secretly moved the entire class to a different room.

send your words to my journal!!

New short story out today. It’s about poker & drugs & a swimming pool. hawkeyemag.com/stories/poke...

New poem up today at Eulogy Press. eulogy.press#chemical-pla...

Clover County’s Finer Things.

THIS WEEK'S SOME WORDS SCHEDULE

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL. Send us some of your words by the end of the day & I promise to eventually read the words & get back to you. somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...

My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.

Welcome to Some Words, a literary journal hosted on a message board. Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines. somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...

I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board. Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing

Who will send the first submission since our launch? Will it be YOU?

My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.

Doing an online reading Tuesday. Hit me up for the link if you want to watch.

Looking at my novel for the first time in a couple of weeks & I suddenly think it's actually extremely good.

okay so... "theoretically" if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open then you should like this post

okay so... "theoretically" if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open then you should like this post

What if I started a literary journal that was hosted on a 2000s-style message board.

RIP to one of the best songwriters to ever do it. open.spotify.com/track/27mzMR...

Catching up on some WBB scores from this morning &, uhh...Middle Tennessee only beating Tennessee State 59-53 seems concerning!

Huge win here for Baylor to open the season. Taliah Scott addition might be even better than I expected.

If you’re one of the, like, three people who read my newsletter, it’s coming tomorrow because I had too much work to do today.

I picked a winner for every women's college basketball conference. fansided.com/ncaab/perfec...

I have now finished the second draft & am still wondering "now what?"

My almost-two-year-old weaned himself off his binky today with these two easy steps. 1) He threw the only binky he likes into the parking lot of a Salvation Army without us realizing it 2) He refuses to put the replacement in his mouth because it has that new plastic taste.

Previewed the Big 12 over at @herhoopstats.com. herhoopstats.substack.com/p/2025-26-bi...

Wrote about the three books I read in September. somewordssomebooks.substack.com/p/some-words...

Whoa, one of my short stories is on this list!!!!!

Whoa, one of my short stories is on this list!!!!!

Wrote a story about a giant bird whose body is made of fire. It takes place at a biker bar. apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...

Wrote a story about a giant bird whose body is made of fire. It takes place at a biker bar. apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...

I finished the first draft of my novel. Now what?