Mormon Arts Sunday is June 14
Mormon Arts Sunday is June 14. I’ll include links to previous posts below, but here’s the gist: Mormon Arts Sunday was created by Scott Hales as a way for members and wards to recognize the important...
View ArticleMormon fiction writers and the spectre of excommunication
I recently had a Twitter conversation with Mette Ivie Harrison about an experience where at an author appearance in Logan she met an LDS author who was afraid to be honest about their Mormonism in the...
View ArticleLiner Notes for Fast Offering
My short story “Fast Offering” was published in the Summer 2015 issue of Dialogue (if you’re not currently a subscriber you can buy a PDF copy of the story or issue individually — or even better sign...
View ArticleThe Mormon fiction writer and self-censorship
Back in July I made the claim that most Mormon writers shouldn’t worry about the spectre of excommunication (and then complicated that with several caveats). Not everyone agrees with that assertion....
View ArticleCall for Submissions: Mormon Alternate History Anthology
Submissions are now open for the Mormon alternate history anthology I am editing and publishing with the help of Theric Jepson of Peculiar Pages . Details are below but the gist is: submit flash...
View ArticleMormon alternate history anthology: background reading
Interested in contributing to (or reading) the Mormon alternate history anthology I am editing (deadline for submissions is March 19!)? Curious about what alternate historical fiction is all about?...
View ArticleDark Watch and other Mormon-American stories on sale
To celebrate it being one of three AML Awards finalists for short story collection, I have dropped the price of Dark Watch and other Mormon-American stories to $2.99. Buy it from your online store of...
View ArticleSubmissions due Saturday for Mormon alternate history anthology
NOTE: the deadline has passed and submissions are now closed. Just a reminder that submissions for the Mormon alternate history mini-anthology I’m editing are due by end of the day Saturday, March 19....
View ArticleWe have a name for the Mormon alternate history mini-anthology (plus...
I have two updates in relation to the Mormon alternate history anthology I’m editing. A name! With Monsters & Mormons the name came first and the commitment to doing the actual anthology later so...
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Vote in the 2016 Mormon Lit Blitz and you will be blessed
Voting for the twelve finalist of the 2016 Mormon Lit Blitz is now open through this Saturday, June 11. The editors have made it super easy to vote this year. Just click on the link above, open up the...
View ArticleZion, Utopias and being politically agnostic artists
Based on the evidence we have (the scriptures), it seems to me that it takes extraordinary social, political and economic conditions for a community of believers to form a Zion state. The city of Enoch...
View ArticleAnnouncing the States of Deseret table of contents
I’m delighted to announce the table of contents for the forthcoming Peculiar Pages alternate Mormon history anthology States of Deseret: The Guns of Perdition by D. J. Butler Latter-Day Confederacy of...
View ArticleOn sentimentality, cynicism and Mormon art
I recently ran across an Oscar Wilde quote that stopped me in my tracks. I’m only going to pluck out the beginning and end of it, the full thing is available at Goodreads: A sentimentalist is simply...
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My 2016 Whitney Awards ballot and observations
Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Whitney Awards, which were presented last weekend. This year my participation was limited to being a part of the voting academy for two categories: Middle...
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A conversation with Luisa Perkins about her short novel Prayers in Bath
Luisa Perkins was kind enough to indulge me in a conversation about her novel Prayers in Bath, which was published earlier this spring by Mormon Artists Group. But first here’s the back cover blurb to...
View ArticleMormon Arts Sunday for 2017 is June 11
Mormon Arts Sunday is the second Sunday in June, which means it’s June 11 this year. This is an occasion to celebrate the creativity of our fellow Saints (and others) as well as the important role the...
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States of Deseret is now available
Peculiar Pages in collaboration with A Motley Vision is pleased to announce the release of States of Deseret. With a foreword by Theric Jepson, cover illustration by Casey Jex Smith and 8 pieces of...
View ArticleRemembering Jonathan Langford the critic
It’s been almost three months since Jonathan died. I miss him very much. This is not a proper obit. For that, read Andrew’s In Memoriam over at the AML blog. Rather, it’s a tribute about just one...
View ArticleArtists and Doctrine & Covenants section 58
I listened to section 58 of the Doctrine & Covenants this morning on my walk to the bus stop. Verses 26-28 are the ones that tend to get quoted in classes and talks—that’s where we’re told to be...
View ArticleAn conversation with Melissa Leilani Larson about Third Wheel and the...
Earlier this year BCC Press published Third Wheel: Plays by Melissa Leilani Larson. Subtitled “Peculiar Stories of Women in Love”, the book collects two of Larson’s most Mormon, most interesting and...
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