tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62119186360938860382011-10-11T10:56:35.790-07:00I woulda worn my tuxedo but my polo pony ate itLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-80259981825270405062011-04-23T06:27:00.000-07:002011-04-23T06:28:08.547-07:00My story, <a href="http://www.litnimage.com/copeland.htm">He Squeezed Her Hands</a>, is live in the Spring issue of <a href="http://www.litnimage.com/spring2011.htm">LITnIMAGE</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-8025998182527040506?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-18439085532403377312011-04-20T06:02:00.001-07:002011-04-20T06:02:57.209-07:00<a href="http://matterpress.com/journal/">The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts</a> is live with my story <a href="http://matterpress.com/journal/2011/04/20/muslin/">Muslin</a>. I'm honored to be a part of this amazing journal. Read everything while you're there. It's all good!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-1843908553240337731?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-91916543367526429272011-03-01T06:37:00.000-08:002011-03-01T06:38:21.044-08:00<a href="http://www.storyglossia.com/42/cover.html">Storyglossia's issue # 42 </a>is live with my story, <a href="http://www.storyglossia.com/42/lc_sprouts.html">Sprouts</a>. Check out J.A. Tyler's <a href="http://www.storyglossia.com/42/jt_ocean.html">story</a> as well while you there.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-9191654336752642927?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-49767046152694887002010-08-28T10:55:00.000-07:002010-09-08T09:43:59.289-07:00I know I've been kind of quiet lately, not publishing much and not updating here much either. This is because for the past several months I've had some kind of block, have only written in spurts and most of what I've written has been pretty crappy, nothing I'd send out. This usually happens to me after a few months of writing every day and publishing a lot. I reach a point where I've said all I need to say for awhile. <br /><br />And then a little over a month ago, I was approached by a literary agency who'd come across my contribution to <a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/store/botw2010.html">Dzanc's Best of the Web 2010</a>. They wondered if I had a novel. I don't. And since this the third time an agency has been interested in me (but only if I have a novel), I figured it was about time I started writing one. My husband has been nagging me to do this for years now, and I've wanted to do this for years now but had no idea how.<br /><br />I work full-time and commute 2-hours a day, and when I'm home most of my time is spent tending to my son. This leaves precious little time for writing. Over the past two years I've become a lunch-hour writer, writing in the library where I work and at home on the weekends, and that's exactly how I've been writing this novel. An hour a day doesn't produce much, one page or if I'm lucky two pages. But I figure by January of next year I should have a little over 200 pages and by February I could start editing and revising. <br /><br />I still don't know what I'm writing about, and I still have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm committed to finishing the project, even if it's just to write a crappy novel that will never see the light of day. Hopefully, in the process I'll figure out what I'm doing and then the next novel won't seem so daunting.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-4976704615269488700?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-19156517701308864242010-07-05T06:25:00.000-07:002010-07-05T06:26:17.540-07:00Just got my copy of <a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/store/botw2010.html">Dzanc's Best of the Web 2010</a>! It's gorgeous, and I'm so honored to be included among the likes of Kim Chinquee, Elizabeth Ellen, Scott Garson, Brian Evenson and all the others.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tV-7WV4GOs0/TDHcRvb_YUI/AAAAAAAAImU/ZQqf74PpwJ0/s1600/107_0050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tV-7WV4GOs0/TDHcRvb_YUI/AAAAAAAAImU/ZQqf74PpwJ0/s320/107_0050.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490411618091098434" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-1915651770130886424?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-60542495619695920912010-06-21T07:09:00.000-07:002010-06-21T07:10:54.210-07:00My story, <a href="http://litsnack.weebly.com/fiction-2.html">I Painted by Number</a>, is up at <a href="http://litsnack.weebly.com/index.html">LitSnack</a>. Amazing work by <a href="http://litsnack.weebly.com/fiction.html">Len Kuntz</a> as well (and as always).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-6054249561969592091?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-89635001780960447462010-06-18T05:13:00.000-07:002010-06-18T05:19:38.073-07:00Last week my Greying Ghost pamphlets came in the mail, and I have to say they are beautifully designed. Order anything from <a href="http://greyingghost.com/">Greying Ghost Press </a>to get a copy of your own.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/TBtj0Kme-MI/AAAAAAAAADE/abNN1XXjnZI/s1600/Davy+Crockett+and+LCs+pamphlet+020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/TBtj0Kme-MI/AAAAAAAAADE/abNN1XXjnZI/s320/Davy+Crockett+and+LCs+pamphlet+020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484086719103826114" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/TBtjzqs9dLI/AAAAAAAAAC8/xpqChSlEHpE/s1600/LC+with+pamphlets.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/TBtjzqs9dLI/AAAAAAAAAC8/xpqChSlEHpE/s320/LC+with+pamphlets.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484086710541055154" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-8963500178096044746?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-68797439714202019442010-05-21T10:09:00.001-07:002010-05-21T10:09:48.320-07:00Order anything from <a href="http://greyingghost.com/">Greying Ghost Press</a> and get <a href="http://armsasser.blogspot.com/">a free story by me</a>.<br /><br />Also, my story <a href="http://www.smokelong.com/flash/lydiacopeland26.asp">Arrows</a>, published in <a href="http://www.smokelong.com/home.asp">SmokeLong Quarterly</a>, made <a href="http://wigleaf.com/">Wigleaf’s Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2010</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-6879743971420201944?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-28973780828241905542010-05-20T18:00:00.000-07:002010-05-20T18:07:38.751-07:00<a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/store/botw2010.html" target="Dzanc BotW"><img border="0" src="http://www.dzancbooks.org/Banners/Banner400x120.gif" /></a><br /><br />My story <a href="http://northvillereview.com/?p=730">Pact</a>, originally published in the <a href="http://northvillereview.com/">Northville Review</a>, will be included <a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/store/botw2010.html">Dzanc's Best of the Web 2010</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-2897378082824190554?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-78485535208679699762010-03-20T10:59:00.001-07:002010-03-20T10:59:20.549-07:00The special <a href="http://www.foundlingreview.com/index.html">Nights and Nostalgia themed issue of The Foundling Review</a> is live with my story, <a href="http://www.foundlingreview.com/Mar2010SpecialIssueCopeland.html">Clementines</a>. Lucky me, who appears alongside the likes of <a href="http://www.foundlingreview.com/Mar2010SpecialIssueErlewine.html">David Erlewine</a>,<a href="http://www.foundlingreview.com/Mar2010SpecialIssueChinquee.html"> Kim Chinquee</a>, <a href="http://www.foundlingreview.com/Mar2010SpecialIssueKuntz.html">Len Kuntz</a> and <a href="http://www.foundlingreview.com/Mar2010SpecialIssuePokrass.html">Meg Pokrass</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-7848553520867969976?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-80618135315986339492010-02-06T04:37:00.001-08:002010-02-06T04:37:13.267-08:00I have a <a href="http://elimae.com/2010/02/Exo.html">new little story </a>up in the February issue of <a href="http://elimae.com/">elimae</a>. The fabulous <a href="http://kimchinquee.blogspot.com/">Kim Chinquee </a>is now editor there.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-8061813531598633949?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-23583167759138361182010-01-12T17:40:00.001-08:002010-01-12T17:40:34.059-08:00The new issue of <a href="http://mississippireview.com/">the Mississippi Review </a>is up with my story, <a href="http://mississippireview.com/2010/Vol16No1-Jan10/1601-010910-Copeland.html">Checkers</a>. I can't tell you how happy I am to be in this issue with this fabulous line-up, the best of the best. Read them all...a couple of times.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-2358316775913836118?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-63758206750057261522009-12-05T17:48:00.000-08:002009-12-05T17:54:47.219-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SxsOvxOmjLI/AAAAAAAAAC0/ZBHBx3rQ0Xg/s1600-h/outlaw-lostfound.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 284px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SxsOvxOmjLI/AAAAAAAAAC0/ZBHBx3rQ0Xg/s320/outlaw-lostfound.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411935591047007410" /></a><br /><br /><br />Lost and Found, a chapbook by the fabulous <a href="http://www.megpokrass.com/">Meg Pokrass</a>, is out now from <a href="http://www.bannockstreetbooks.com/">Bannock Street Books</a>. All ten stories appeared in elimae, and the cover art is by Cooper Renner. <br /><br />Yay, Meg!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-6375820675005726152?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-74245491527998365662009-12-05T17:47:00.001-08:002009-12-05T17:47:31.323-08:00<a href="http://www.dogzplotnews.blogspot.com/">Fox Force 5</a> is almost ready and now has an alternate cover...<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tV-7WV4GOs0/SxsMIKEDCxI/AAAAAAAAH0M/lrx3m_yoNB8/s1600-h/Fox+Force+5+II.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tV-7WV4GOs0/SxsMIKEDCxI/AAAAAAAAH0M/lrx3m_yoNB8/s320/Fox+Force+5+II.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411932711495600914" /></a><br /><br />Also, I have <a href="http://litsnack.weebly.com/1/post/2009/12/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.html">another tiny story </a>up at <a href="http://litsnack.weebly.com/">LITSNACK</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-7424549152799836566?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-46166781895401259502009-11-07T08:50:00.001-08:002009-11-07T08:51:44.132-08:00<A HREF="http://dogzplotnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/fox-force-five-its-almost-time.html?zx=4c0c4a02199e4c14">FOX FORCE 5</A><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SvWlgyLwiXI/AAAAAAAAACk/5_VbPU5rTnE/s1600-h/FoxForce5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SvWlgyLwiXI/AAAAAAAAACk/5_VbPU5rTnE/s320/FoxForce5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401405310746265970" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-4616678189540125950?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-43890100569218601262009-11-01T14:45:00.000-08:002009-11-01T14:46:15.648-08:00The new issue of <a href="http://www.decompmagazine.com/">decomP</a> is out with my story, <a href="http://www.decompmagazine.com/onceinthenight.htm">Once in the Night</a>. Lucky me to be alongside <a href="http://www.decompmagazine.com/bubbles.htm">Dave Clapper</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-4389010056921860126?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-40976139982112551222009-10-27T16:52:00.000-07:002009-10-27T16:53:21.775-07:00The new issue of <a href="http://www.readtwelvestories.com/">Twelve Stories </a>is live with my story <a href="http://www.readtwelvestories.com/copeland2/">Across the River</a>, which I wrote about this time last year. So happy to be a part of this issue!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-4097613998211255122?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-24758702913305172082009-10-22T17:41:00.000-07:002009-10-22T19:22:02.341-07:00I have a <a href="http://northvillereview.com/?p=730">new little story </a>up at <a href="http://northvillereview.com/">the Northville Review</a>. Happy to be alongside Michelle Reale!<br /><br />Also, <a href="http://www.pindeldyboz.com/">Pindeldyboz</a> has my story, <a href="http://www.pindeldyboz.com/lctoll.htm">Toll Road</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-2475870291330517208?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-1833096548042227412009-09-29T17:07:00.000-07:002009-09-29T17:08:26.400-07:00Issue 26 of <a href="http://smokelong.com/home.asp">SmokeLong Quarterly </a>is live with my story <a href="http://smokelong.com/flash/lydiacopeland26.asp">Arrows</a>. There are too many amazing writers in this one to mention just a few....so you must read them all. I think this may be the best issue yet.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-183309654804222741?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-69473476621910131782009-09-04T11:10:00.001-07:002009-09-04T11:10:42.132-07:00One of my little stories got a mention in <a href="http://www.pankmagazine.com/pankblog/?cat=17">Pank's Friday Five</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-6947347662191013178?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-8072100090219307302009-09-01T17:32:00.000-07:002009-09-01T17:33:49.649-07:00Something <a href="http://elimae.com/2009/09/Say.html">new</a> at <a href="http://elimae.com/index.html">elimae</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-807210009021930730?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-53028036323226190982009-07-28T17:42:00.000-07:002009-07-28T17:43:57.232-07:00<a href="http://www.dogzplotnews.blogspot.com/"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/Sm-bL0vIdBI/AAAAAAAAACc/_5IEFjVOkLk/s1600-h/Dogzplot+Reading+AC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/Sm-bL0vIdBI/AAAAAAAAACc/_5IEFjVOkLk/s320/Dogzplot+Reading+AC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363676308658746386" /></a></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-5302803632322619098?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-63357399387074523082009-07-06T17:17:00.000-07:002009-07-06T17:18:32.929-07:00<a href="http://www.camrocpressreview.com/">The Camroc Press Review</a> is up with my story, <a href="http://www.camrocpressreview.com/2009/07/lydia-copeland.html">Lucky</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-6335739938707452308?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-62958805962217707532009-06-23T17:11:00.001-07:002009-06-23T17:11:45.070-07:00<a href="http://seanlovelace.com/2009/06/18/lydia-copeland-in-the-widening-wigleaf-house">Sean Lovelace reviews The Sway of Trains!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-6295880596221770753?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-54916343723217882102009-05-31T13:16:00.001-07:002009-06-01T05:21:33.267-07:00<a href="http://ravimangla.blogspot.com/">Ravi Mangla</a> interviewed me for his blog, <a href="http://readreadreadreadreadreadread.blogspot.com/">Recommended Reading</a>. Check it out <a href="http://readreadreadreadreadreadread.blogspot.com/2009/05/lydia-copeland.html">here!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-5491634372321788210?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-17574906808274620512009-05-18T02:41:00.001-07:002009-05-18T02:44:06.114-07:00My story, <a href="http://www.nighttrainmagazine.com/contents/copeland_fb.php">In the Air a Shining Heart</a> was reviewed at <a href="http://shortstoryreader.blogspot.com/">Short Story Reader</a>. Check it out <a href="http://shortstoryreader.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-in-air-shining-heart-by-lydia.html">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-1757490680827462051?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-18742439229488181192009-05-07T17:39:00.001-07:002009-05-07T17:53:23.520-07:00My story, <a href="http://www.smokelong.com/flash/lydiacopeland23.asp">The Sway of Trains</a> made <a href="http://wigleaf.com">the Wigleaf Top 50</a>! Darlin' Neal was the selecting editor this year, and she picked some fine stories, including <a href="http://www.elimae.com/2008/December/Five.html">Kim Chinquee's She Hadn't Called Anyone</a>, <a href="http://www.971menu.com/2008/02/pokrass_meg_leaving_hope_ranch.html">Leaving Hope Ranch by Meg Pokrass</a>, <a href="http://www.smokelong.com/flash/kathyfish22.asp">Kathy Fish's Tenderoni</a> and <a href="http://narrativemagazine.com/issues/stories-week-2008/woody">Stewart Dybeck's For Woody</a>, along with 46 more amazing stories I didn't mention. Check out the full list <a href="http://wigleaf.com/">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-1874243922948818119?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-3287034074772787702009-05-06T02:45:00.000-07:002009-05-06T02:51:19.287-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SgFdjWzkKMI/AAAAAAAAACU/owooV62Jjkg/s1600-h/Dogzplot+FF.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SgFdjWzkKMI/AAAAAAAAACU/owooV62Jjkg/s320/Dogzplot+FF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332646295782041794" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://dogzplotnews.blogspot.com/2009/05/dogzplot-flash-fiction-anthology-2009.html?zx=f0e7b18e3a0a4eab">The Dogzplot Flash Fiction Anthology</a> is now available for purchasing. Check out the list of contributors:<br /><br />DAVID AICHENBAUM<br />C. EDWARD ANABLE<br />CORBY ANDERSON<br />BILL BARR<br />RUSTY BARNES<br />LAUREN BECKER<br />ERIC BENNETT<br />CL BLEDSOE<br />BEN BROOKS<br />RANDALL BROWN <br />CHRISTY CALL (COVER ART)<br />DAVE CLAPPER<br />LYDIA COPELAND<br />SPENCER DEW<br />ROBERT A. DOLLESIN<br />NICOLLE ELIZABETH<br />KATHY FISH<br />TIMOTHY GAGER<br />MOLLY GAUDRY<br />ROXANE GAY<br />ALICIA GIFFORD<br />BARRY GRAHAM<br />KYLE HEMMINGS<br />JAMIE IREDELL<br />ALEXANDRA ISACSON<br />BRYAN JONES<br />HARDY JONES<br />DREW KALBACH<br />KIP KNOTT<br />CHARLES LENNOX<br />SEAN LOVELACE<br />ANTONIOS MALTEZOS<br />RAVI MANGLA<br />CORTNEY MCLELLAN<br />STEVEN J. MCDERMOTT<br />KYLE MINOR<br />KIM PARKO<br />JENNIFER PIERONI<br />SAM PINK<br />TED POWERS<br />S. CRAIG RENFROE, JR. <br />FORREST ROTH<br />EDMUND SANDOVAL<br />PETER SCHWARTZ<br />M. BARTLEY SEIGEL<br />EMILY SIEGENTHALER<br />ANI SMITH<br />CLAUDIA SMITH<br />AUDRI SOUSA<br />ATHENA STRICKLAND<br />ROBB TODD<br />ANIA VESENNY<br />JARED WARD<br />BRANDI WELLS<br />BLYTHE WINSLOW<br />XTX<br />ORLO YEAHBLIP<br />MIKE YOUNG<br /><br />Yowzers!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-328703407477278770?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-31466416564619790502009-04-27T16:57:00.000-07:002009-04-27T17:03:21.368-07:00Ryan Manning interviewed me for his blog <a href="http://metaphysicalthinking.blogspot.com/">Thunk</a>. Check it <a href="http://metaphysicalthinking.blogspot.com/2009/04/ryan-manning-v-lydia-copeland.html">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-3146641656461979050?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-25849619700877103912009-04-23T10:53:00.001-07:002009-04-23T10:55:12.368-07:00<a href="http://buddydon.blogspot.com/">Buddy Don</a>, whose <a href="http://healingmovementonlinestore.com/shdelinpiofb.html">book</a> I've <a href="http://copelandlydia.blogspot.com/2009/01/book-recommendation.html">mentioned</a> in this blog before, is a brilliant writer and has written up a fabulous <a href="http://buddydon.blogspot.com/2009/04/revues-of-buddy-don-amazin-chapbook.html">review of Haircut Stories</a> on his <a href="http://buddydon.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. Thanks, BD!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-2584961970087710391?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-30867643125068708882009-04-22T18:06:00.000-07:002009-04-22T18:28:04.412-07:00<a href="http://paperheropress.blogspot.com/">Fox Force 5</a>, the chapbook collective featuring work by Suzanne Burns, Elizabeth Ellen, Andrea Kneeland, Brandi Wells and me is available for preorder now from Paper Hero Press. Five little books for only $10! Also, the cover art is by Christy Call.<br /><br />Also, I somehow forgot to mention that <a href="http://rosemetalpress.com/Catalog/Field%20Guide_more.html">The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field</a> is available for pre-order from <a href="http://rosemetalpress.com/index.html">Rose Metal Press</a>. My story, <a href="http://www.nighttrainmagazine.com/contents/copeland_fb.php">In the Air a Shining Heart</a> accompanies an essay by <a href="http://www.rustybarnes.com/">Rusty Barnes</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tV-7WV4GOs0/Se_DAsPdPQI/AAAAAAAAFwI/WImUk62au-Y/s1600-h/Field+Guide+Flash.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 280px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tV-7WV4GOs0/Se_DAsPdPQI/AAAAAAAAFwI/WImUk62au-Y/s320/Field+Guide+Flash.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327691300845993218" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-3086764312506870888?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-39467563856500501932009-04-16T10:16:00.001-07:002009-04-16T10:16:29.361-07:00The new issue of <a href="http://friggmagazine.com/">FRiGG</a> is up! I've been anxiously awaiting this particular issue, which is all microficiton and chock full of tremendous writers. Check out the line up:<br /><br />Randall Brown, Kim Chinquee, Lydia Copeland, Kathy Fish, Scott Garson, Barry Graham, Tiff Holland, Mary Miller, Kim Parko, Jennifer Pieroni, Meg Pokrass and Joseph Young. <br /><br />Here are my <a href="http://friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyfour/splashpages/LydiaCopeland.htm">nine contributions</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-3946756385650050193?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-40989649068748169002009-04-14T06:23:00.000-07:002009-04-14T07:05:26.355-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SeSPwv-TiRI/AAAAAAAAACA/7VHWyE8FNng/s1600-h/Quick+Fiction.gif"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SeSPwv-TiRI/AAAAAAAAACA/7VHWyE8FNng/s320/Quick+Fiction.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324538727133055250" /></a><br />Issue 15 of <a href="http://quickfiction.org/">Quick Fiction</a> is now available for pre-order. I'm so excited to be included in this amazing line-up:<br /><br />Jami Brandli<br />Andrew Brininstool<br />Randall Brown<br />Kenneth Calhoun<br />Elizabeth Ellen<br />Scott Garson<br />Lydia Copeland<br />Stefan Kiesbye<br />Andrea Kneeland<br />Charles Lennox<br />Sean Lovelace<br />Jen Marquardt<br />Lee Martin<br />Michael Meyerhofer<br />Taylur Thu Hien Ngo<br />Dylan Nice<br />G. C. Perry<br />Andrew Michael Roberts<br />Helen Klein Ross<br />Joanna Ruocco<br />James Scott<br />Don Strange<br />Jensen Whelan<br />Daniel E. Wickett<br />Blythe Winslow<br />Spencer Wise<br />Mike Young<br />Mabel Yu <br /><br />To read excerpts from this issue, including my little story, <a href="http://quickfiction.org/issues/">click here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-4098964906874816900?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-70595249468945846222009-03-29T18:11:00.000-07:002009-03-31T17:03:29.349-07:00My story, Old Friends, is up in the new issue of <a href="http://www.aboutjatyler.com/index_files/Page548.html">Mud Luscious</a>. This issue has an all-star line up, with stories by Jennifer Pieroni, Molly Gaudry, Barry Graham, Scott Garson, David Erlewine and a fine many others.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-7059524946894584622?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-73007555442167130582009-03-23T06:44:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:51:24.713-07:00The new issue of <a href="http://www.prickofthespindle.com">Prick of the Spindle</a> is live with my story <a href="http://www.prickofthespindle.com/fiction/3.1/copeland/small_potatoes.htm">Small Potatoes</a>. <br /><br />Also, check out Cynthia Reeser's <a href="http://www.prickofthespindle.com/interviews/3.1/good_graham/good_graham_interview.htm">interview with Barry Graham and Howie Good</a> about <a href="http://achilleschapbook.blogspot.com/">the Achilles Chapbook Series</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-7300755544216713058?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-83281715651351039452009-03-19T06:32:00.000-07:002009-03-19T06:34:39.420-07:00The new <a href="http://smokelong.com">SmokeLong Quarterly</a> is up with great stuff by Scott Garson, Tiff Holland, Tim Jones Yelvington, and many more. And Darby Lawson has a creepy story about toes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-8328171565135103945?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-71438900473743233682009-03-14T10:09:00.000-07:002009-03-14T10:13:16.972-07:00I have a little story up at <a href="http://www.dogzplot.blogspot.com/">Dogzplot</a>. Good stuff by Sara Crowley too!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-7143890047374323368?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-25950802130950865712009-03-05T10:31:00.001-08:002009-03-06T10:14:58.016-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SbAamTqgpQI/AAAAAAAAABw/QOrF1pj3Hak/s1600-h/COPELAND_COVER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SbAamTqgpQI/AAAAAAAAABw/QOrF1pj3Hak/s320/COPELAND_COVER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309773206085739778" /></a><br /><a href="http://achilleschapbook.blogspot.com/2009/02/lydia-copeland-haircut-stories.html">Haircut Stories</a> is available now from <a href="http://achilleschapbook.blogspot.com/">the Achilles Chapbook Series</a>. Five bucks, including shipping. That's less than breakfast.<br /><br />Also, I have a little story up at <a href="http://wigleaf.com/">Wigleaf</a>...<a href="http://wigleaf.com/200903wind.htm">Everything Was Blowing in the Wind</a>. And another story, <a href="http://kittysnacks.blogspot.com/2009/03/audubon-by-lydia-copeland.html">Audubon</a>, at <a href="http://kittysnacks.blogspot.com/">Kitty Snacks</a>. I'm in there with the marvelous <a href="http://www.aboutjatyler.com/">J.A. Tyler</a> and <a href="http://www.whizbyfiction.blogspot.com">David Erlewine</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-2595080213095086571?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-33058717730943559652009-03-01T18:04:00.001-08:002009-03-01T18:17:01.403-08:00The new issue of <a href="http://www.rumble.sy2.com/">Rumble</a> is up with my story, <a href="http://www.rumble.sy2.com/stories/littlemoon_copeland.html">A Little Moon</a>. Check out Brandi Wells while your there. Her story is amazing.<br /><br />Also, <a href="http://971menu.com/">971 Menu</a> is live with my story, <a href="http://www.971menu.com/2009/03/copeland_lydia_your_direction.html">In Your Direction</a>. I'm in there with the likes of David Erlewine, David Torrey Peters and Tai Doug Huai.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-3305871773094355965?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-61063159330530931852009-02-25T17:30:00.001-08:002009-02-25T17:33:08.424-08:00A marvellous interview with Jurgen Fauth by the fabulous Meg Pokrass and Dave Clapper:<br /><br /><a href=http://smokelong.com/features/2009/02/smoking-withjurgen-fauth.html>SmokeLong Quarterly - Features</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-6106315933053093185?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-8987220346874014522009-02-04T10:39:00.000-08:002009-02-25T17:44:48.589-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SaX0AY8DHqI/AAAAAAAAABU/XvGn6rRhPnI/s1600-h/NVP_12-16-08_B.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nu_2ANs6pPs/SaX0AY8DHqI/AAAAAAAAABU/XvGn6rRhPnI/s320/NVP_12-16-08_B.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306916023457488546" /></a><br /><br />I received my copy from <a href="http://www.anothersky.org/in-print/the-national-virginity-pledge-barry-graham">Another Sky Press</a> this weekend and could not put it down. Not only is this a beautiful book, but the stories contained there are so well-crafted and really bring the reader into their worlds. Barry Graham is a genius!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-898722034687401452?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-42130385681883429462009-01-31T11:28:00.001-08:002009-01-31T11:28:59.985-08:00One of my flashes, <a href="http://www.dogzplot.blogspot.com/">I Hear the Murmur of their sentences</a>, is up at <a href="http://dogzplot.com/">Dogzplot</a>. I was going to try to single out some other writers for you to read while there, but they're ALL great.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-4213038568188342946?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-60936000116111399212009-01-29T08:23:00.000-08:002009-01-29T08:47:12.515-08:00<img src="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-15057481782291_2036_0"><br /><br /><a href="http://healingmovementonlinestore.com/shdelinpiofb.html">Shoot the Devil</a> by <a href="http://buddydon.blogspot.com/">Buddy Don</a>.<br /><br />I'm a huge fan of <a href="http://buddydon.blogspot.com/">Buddy Don</a>, been reading his blog and adventures for years. And now he's published a book! Book one of the life and opinions of <a href="http://buddydon.blogspot.com/">Buddy Don</a>, which is written entirely in Appalachian dialect and is some of the most beautiful writing I've ever read, has just been released.<br /><br />Each book is individually numbered, chopped and signed by <a href="http://buddydon.blogspot.com/">Buddy Don</a> himself, and if you're one of the first 49 to order a copy, the author will write a personal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry)">waka</a> in it for you. You supply the subject and a word or two you'd like the author to use in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry)">waka</a> and voila...your very own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry)">waka</a> in your very own copy of <a href="http://healingmovementonlinestore.com/shdelinpiofb.html">Shoot the Devil</a>. Oh, and did I mention free shipping?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-6093600011611139921?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-46536922055434331672009-01-23T10:04:00.000-08:002009-01-23T10:10:34.086-08:00Nevermind the good news of yesterday's gainful employment. I was just informed that Parsons had to cancel two composition courses because enrollment is down, and they won't be needing my last-minute assistance afterall. However, I will be meeting with someone next month to discuss teaching there in the Fall. In the meantime, I've got to find some kind of job to keep my family afloat.<br /><br />Back to the job boards.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-4653692205543433167?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-84155274901792746092009-01-22T16:55:00.000-08:002009-01-22T17:18:43.215-08:00This afternoon I was offered a last minute composition course at Parsons. One of their adjuncts decided not to return this semester and they needed someone to pick up her course, which starts next Thursday. This comes after months of trying to find work during this recession. I had been employed at the New School, working in the Digital Library, which I loved. However, that particular job was temporary and just ended last week. I'd been scrambling and scrambling to find something. Secretarial work. Adjunct teaching. Copy editing. If I didn't find something by the end of this week I was going to apply at the Tropicana factory in Jersey City. Or Starbucks. Or a call center. Or one of the stores in the mall. This job won't pay all the bills, but it may lead to more classes in the Fall. <br /><br />Also today, I had a story accepted for publication in <a href="http://www.aboutjatyler.com/index_files/Page334.html"> Mud Luscious</a>. J.A. Tyler is putting out some marvellous work there, including <a href="http://www.aboutjatyler.com/index_files/Page629.html">chapbook style books</a> with authors like <a href="http://www.brianevenson.com/">Brian Evenson</a>, <a href="http://randalldouglasbrown.blogspot.com">Randall Brown</a> and <a href="kimchinquee.blogspot.com">Kim Chinquee</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-8415527490179274609?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211918636093886038.post-4142868911600611832009-01-21T18:09:00.000-08:002009-01-21T18:12:28.650-08:00Everyone is sick today. Husband and son. Son has a fever and husband fainted on the train coming home last night. I'm drinking green tea with echinacea and crossing my fingers.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6211918636093886038-414286891160061183?l=copelandlydia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407158769691460429noreply@blogger.com0