Our First Songs of My Selfie Gathering

In December, contributor and first place winner of the Quarter-Life Crisis contest, Angus McLinn ("Baby Teeth") and I ("The Edge of Happiness") read from our short stories at 3RP's Prose! Poetry! Party! at Cornelia Street Cafe. Guest judge Meagan Brothers was also a featured reader, sharing a short prequel to Weird Girl and What's His Name!

Afterward, I met contributors Jared Shaffer ("Use Without Pity") and Carolyn Drake ("Pill Pusher") and we spent half the night talking books, literature, and of course, Victorian literature. I'm so excited for this little family of writers and collaborators!

To learn more about Songs of My Selfie, follow us on Twitter @SongsOfMySelfie or on our Facebook page. Preorder your copy of this groundbreaking anthology on Amazon today! 

Enter to Win a Signed Copy of SONGS OF MY SELFIE!

Three Rooms Press is offering five chances to win a galley copy of my upcoming book, Songs of Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories! I'll even sign it for you! Discover the collection readers say "cuts right to the heart of this generation."

Enter the contest on Goodreads today! Contest ends on December 16, 2015. 

Prose! Poetry! Party!

Join Three Rooms Press on December 4, for our annual Prose! Poetry! Party! at Cornelia Street Cafe. Our authors will be readings, drinks will be partaken off, raffles, giveaways, signings, etc. It will be a festive night of poetry and prose and great company. 

Angus McLinn and I will be representing our upcoming anthology Songs of My Selfie. I'll be reading from "Edges of Happiness," and Angus will be reading from "Baby Teeth," winner of the Quarter-Life Crisis competition. Plus, Meagan Brothers will be reading from Weird Girl and What's His Name. If you're interested in getting your book published at Three Rooms Press or just want to join an amazing community of writers, this is the event to attend!

Tickets $9 (includes a free drink). Festivities start at 6 and go all night. 

Announcing SONGS OF MY SELFIE: An Anthology of Millennial Stories

Songs of My Selfie (Three Rooms Press, April 2016, 978-1-941110-49-0)

Songs of My Selfie (Three Rooms Press, April 2016, 978-1-941110-49-0)

I'm so excited to announce that this April, Three Rooms Press will be releasing Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories, which I have compiled and edited! Featuring seventeen stories by millennial writers, and a gorgeous cover by millennial designer Victoria Bellavia, Songs of My Selfie is intended to be a celebration of the true experience of the twenty-something. 

Description:
SONGS OF MY SELFIE: An Anthology of Millennial Stories celebrates the millennial through the works of up-and-coming fiction writers, all under the age of twenty-six. This collection features seventeen short stories by millennial writers about actual millennial issues, exposing this generation's true ambitions and frustrations, humor and heartbreak, despair and joie de vivre.

With fresh new voices and edgy prose, these compelling stories offer a cross-section of vibrant millennial characters: unemployed grads deep in debt, expectant mothers on the cusp of adulthood, online relationship addicts, and millennials at war with their families' expectations—even while stuck living at home. Here are the strong and the weak, the self-aware and those who reject reality—all carefully crafted to buck the common perception of the millennial. And yet, with a knowing wink, each story is accompanied by a selfie of its author.

Forget what the media says—SONGS OF MY SELFIE reveals what it really means to be twenty-something today.

Featuring stories by: 
Suzanne Herman, Stephanie Bramson, Mina Holmes, Jared Shaffer, Theresa Buchta, Angus McLinn, Angela Sloan, Xingyue Sarah He, Joshua Tuttle, Tyler Barton, Aaron Thorpe, Tiffany Ferentini, Tara Isabella Burton, Katherine Sloan, Carolyn Drake, Ifra Asad, and Constance Renfrow

Preorder your copy today on Amazon or Barnes & Noble. And keep up to date with the publishing of Songs of My Selfie by following Three Rooms Press on Twitter or Facebook.

 

Open Mic Nite on Friday the 13th

Join me at the Merchant's House Museum on Friday, November 13th for the next installment in our open mic series. It will be a night of readings, music, wine, conversation, and dramatic performances.

In the 19th century, literary salons gathered great thinkers, artists, and writers under one roof for a night of socialization and “improving conversation.” In that same spirit, the Merchant’s House is celebrating the works of today’s new writers, performance artists, and musicians with an Open Mic Nite -- this time in our beautiful parlor. Come share your work or simply enjoy. Wine & light refreshments will be served in the kitchen.

If you’d like to perform, please bring no more than 5 minutes of material. A sign-up sheet will be available upon entry.

Admission $10, Students & Seniors $5, FREE for Members. Reservations are not necessary.

Plus, for those of you who enjoy the supernatural, know that the Merchant's House was called "Manhattan's Most Haunted House" by The New York Times. Who knows what might happen on Friday the 13th! 

To learn more or RSVP, visit our Facebook page.