Hoa Ngo » Writing http://hoango.com Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:12:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Never speak to me http://hoango.com/2012/03/15/never-speak-to-me/ http://hoango.com/2012/03/15/never-speak-to-me/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:04:40 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=168 The beauty of the poor man’s writing retreat!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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]]> The beauty of the poor man’s writing retreat!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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]]> ThreatsThanks to Amelia Gray for coming to New York to visit classes and read from her new novel. Scales fell from eyes. Lives were changed. Her novel, Threats, is available now!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

]]> http://hoango.com/2012/02/27/threats/feed/ 0 Blank sheets of paper http://hoango.com/2011/12/17/blank-sheets-of-paper/ http://hoango.com/2011/12/17/blank-sheets-of-paper/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:13:18 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=149 “Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” —Gene Fowler…

]]> “Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” —Gene Fowler

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/12/17/blank-sheets-of-paper/feed/ 0 The Man in the (Plastic) Iron Mask http://hoango.com/2011/10/22/the-man-in-the-plastic-iron-mask/ http://hoango.com/2011/10/22/the-man-in-the-plastic-iron-mask/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:29:30 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=142 I travel to the &Now Conference and UCSD, site of my past glory transgressions. Look for me where the red tide rises.…

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]]> http://hoango.com/2011/10/22/the-man-in-the-plastic-iron-mask/feed/ 0 AWP DC http://hoango.com/2011/02/03/awp-dc/ http://hoango.com/2011/02/03/awp-dc/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:26:26 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=83 Against all odds, we made it to DC for the AWP Conference. Avoided the storm of the century even though many of our colleagues did not. Think Millenium Falcon escaping the second Death Star explosion.…

]]> Against all odds, we made it to DC for the AWP Conference. Avoided the storm of the century even though many of our colleagues did not. Think Millenium Falcon escaping the second Death Star explosion.

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/02/03/awp-dc/feed/ 0 The novel http://hoango.com/2011/01/17/the-novel/ http://hoango.com/2011/01/17/the-novel/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:22:51 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=81 A new semester, a new set of challenges. Pages, pages, pages……

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]]> http://hoango.com/2011/01/17/the-novel/feed/ 0 Thin Air http://hoango.com/2010/04/08/thin-air/ http://hoango.com/2010/04/08/thin-air/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:22:56 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/2010/04/08/thin-air/ I’m in Denver for AWP 2010 and was able to meet the nice people at Thin Air Magazine. Their latest issue is out and includes my story, “Next to My Heart I Keep a Digitally Altered Photo of You.” Thanks to the editors for all the kind words about it. It was also nice …

]]> I’m in Denver for AWP 2010 and was able to meet the nice people at Thin Air Magazine. Their latest issue is out and includes my story, “Next to My Heart I Keep a Digitally Altered Photo of You.” Thanks to the editors for all the kind words about it. It was also nice to hang out with friends old and new. I hope to see everyone again next year in DC!

]]> http://hoango.com/2010/04/08/thin-air/feed/ 0 The long thaw http://hoango.com/2010/03/05/the-long-thaw/ http://hoango.com/2010/03/05/the-long-thaw/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:29:19 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=31 A story that has been my record holder for most rejections has at last been accepted for publication. The glorious literary magazine involved will go to press later this month. Perhaps, also later this month, I will go into the West and be nearer this luminous journal.…

]]> A story that has been my record holder for most rejections has at last been accepted for publication. The glorious literary magazine involved will go to press later this month. Perhaps, also later this month, I will go into the West and be nearer this luminous journal.

]]> http://hoango.com/2010/03/05/the-long-thaw/feed/ 0 Stone Canoe http://hoango.com/2010/01/23/stone-canoe/ http://hoango.com/2010/01/23/stone-canoe/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:12:41 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/2010/01/23/stone-canoe-iv/ The latest issue of Stone Canoe is now available and includes my story “Tell Us About Your Best Kiss.” The launch party was at the XL Projects Gallery in Syracuse—these people know how to roll out a new issue! I was able to chat with the wonderful editors and snag my contributor’s copies. It’s a …

]]> Stone Canoe 4The latest issue of Stone Canoe is now available and includes my story “Tell Us About Your Best Kiss.” The launch party was at the XL Projects Gallery in Syracuse—these people know how to roll out a new issue! I was able to chat with the wonderful editors and snag my contributor’s copies. It’s a beautiful journal inside and out—326 pages of talented writers and artists. I am honored to be included among them.

]]> http://hoango.com/2010/01/23/stone-canoe/feed/ 0 Easy to Dislike http://hoango.com/2009/09/18/easy-to-dislike/ http://hoango.com/2009/09/18/easy-to-dislike/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:51:55 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/2009/09/18/stone-canoe/ Stone Canoe has accepted one of my stories for publication! I’m grateful this piece found a home because it contains passages that are easy to dislike if the reader isn’t in the right frame of mind. Even though the story plays with the intersection of those elements and the reactions to them, it’s all for …

]]> Stone Canoe has accepted one of my stories for publication! I’m grateful this piece found a home because it contains passages that are easy to dislike if the reader isn’t in the right frame of mind. Even though the story plays with the intersection of those elements and the reactions to them, it’s all for naught if an editor dismisses it out of the gate. So thank you, wise Stone Canoe editors.

Also, I said I wouldn’t post acceptances any more but it has dawned on me that such a practice would leave this blog even more desolate than it already is.

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