Steven E. Wedel

Have you read this Tim O’Brien novel? Carolyn Wheat had us read it in one of her creative writing classes some 12 years ago. I’ve read it once since then. Before school started last year I chose it for one of the titles we bought and I had my Comprehensive Reading class read it. They…

Bookotron.com posted a very nice review of Little Graveyard on the Prairie yesterday. Here’s a bit from the review: Wedel is a skilled, understated writer, who takes a fairly simple premise and plays it out with class and intelligence. He also writes with great economy, so that you only have 55 pages of heartbreak to…

The high school went into lock down today at about 1 p.m., right toward the end of 4th period. That was miserable. Apparently, some girl said that two Mexican boys had guns, so we went to lock down and the cops were called. When said po-po arrived, the girl said she was only kidding. We…

I have not had this much fun writing in years! It was a very productive long holiday weekend. The collaboration I wrote about the other day is amazing. My partner is incredible. I do my writing just so I can send the project back and see what she’ll do next. While I wait, I have all…

Not much has happened, so I haven’t blogged in a week. What? You hadn’t noticed? I’m crushed! So, I’ll just throw out some random tidbits from the week and we’ll see what sticks. First, I’m involved in a collaboration on a new book. My partner isn’t known for horror, so it may surprise many of you.…