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Caleb Ross Short Fiction and Novel Writer

Caleb Ross
Caleb Ross
Kansas City, KS
Member since: May, 2008
Last login: 06/27/2009
Last update : 06/15/2009
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    Caleb has a degree in English with a minor in creative writing from Emporia State University in Emporia, KS. While attending ESU he won the Kay Alden Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Writing for his short story “Car Dodging.”

    Based on his writing merit, ESU funded his attendance to the Tin House Writer’s Workshop in Portland, Oregon during the summer of 2004 where he had the opportunity to study with novelist Peter Rock.

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  • Waits and Bukowski Fistfight on eBay

    May 28, 2009

    • With all the talk of dwindling advances, shrinking sales, and too many scribblers willing to saturate the bookshelves with crap, Writers (with the admittedly douchey capital "W") must become more creative in monetizing their efforts. I anticipate the recent Amazon Kindle decision to open its interface to the blogosphere at large will ultimately impact blog-structured web zines like ...
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  • Ego stroked at the Cat O'Nine Tails: an interview

    March 14, 2009

    • When a person takes interest in my work, I squeal. If you heard a hi-pitched shriek last night, I might be to blame. Craig Wallwork contacted me with a request to ask a few questions about my work and its ethic. Great conversation ensued, supported, I'm certain, not only by Craig's excellent provocative queries, but by the fictional Cat O'Nine Tails ambiance.You can learn: My thoughts on ...
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  • Surviving Tremors: A Time of Too Many Isms?

    March 13, 2009

    • Everybody seems to want something to shake dust and mold from assumed stagnant foundations. Ask any independent literary webzine editor what she wants and the words “original” and “new” will inevitably nestle into the response. This original and new work may come by way of various splintered isms, for better or worse.Literary isms sprout often, and lately it seems that so many of them ...
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  • The Book-hating Penis

    December 29, 2008

    • Chris Goldberg’s recent article at the Huffington Post states that men, in general, simply do not read. “But is it our fault?” he asks. “Or have publishers just given up trying to publish and market books that we want to read?” A sadly self-fulfilling prophecy? It’s true that we need writers, and publishers with the balls to market them, but in this case I think change must start with ...
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  • Authors are prostitutes

    December 20, 2008

    • The path to book sales shouldn’t be paved with white smiles and checkerboard slacks. When dealing with a product that has neither life-sustaining value nor infomercial superfluence, sales might best be treated as a byproduct of a well-manicured relationship. One between author and audience, as well as among the audience members themselves. Book groups exist. George Foreman Grill groups do not. ...
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  • Thank you!

    Thank you so much! Wow, so great to hear from someone who enjoyed the story. Maybe I won't have to go back and edit it afterall ;)

  • Thank you!

    Thank you so much for your kind words about "Snake Girl at Scab." I look forward to checking out your work.

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