“So it’s a new year. It’s not like it doesn’t happen at the end of every other year.” – Rob Berg’s Outgoing Message on Answering Machine circa 1996 So here we go again, back on the ol’ carousel for another jaunt around the sun. I was talking to my husband the other day, who’s first novel… Continue reading All about the WORK
Author: Ally Malinenko
I live in Brooklyn which is good except when it’s not which is horrid. I’ve been writing for awhile, and have some stuff published and some stuff not.
I don’t like when people refer to pets as their children and I can’t resist a handful of cheez-its when offered.
I have a burning desire to go to Antarctica, specifically to the South Pole so I can see where Robert Falcon Scott died.
I like to read books. I like to write stories and poems. I even wrote some novels. You can read them.
momentarily winding back up….
hi. I’m back in Brooklyn after spending the Christmas holiday in Pittsburgh. It was a great visit – filled with babies that left too soon and books that arrived too late and friends I haven’t seen in far too long. There were a few tears here and there, spots of sad news and worry about… Continue reading momentarily winding back up….
Winding down
Christmas is almost here. You know what that means? I’m taking a much needed BREAK. It’s been a busy damn year and I have written a lot of WORDS and my brain craves sleep more than anything in the world right now. So tomorrow is it. Last 5 am wake up till the new year.… Continue reading Winding down
The Librarian by John Grochalski or What Would Rand Do?
Hi kids! So today is an exciting day because now you can officially purchase John Grochalski’s first novel The Librarian. Here’s what smarter people than me have said about it: Grochalski has done it. He’s taken the wry wit and tenderness of his poetry and transformed it into a lyrical, biting, and at turns incredibly… Continue reading The Librarian by John Grochalski or What Would Rand Do?
How to Be An American poem at Regardless of Authority
It’s December. When did that happen? December? The last month of 2013. It’s been a weird year. On the one hand it was all amazing with Vienna and Salzburg and Mozart’s house and driving up the coast of California and so much poetry written and read and heard and published and indian food and Chagall… Continue reading How to Be An American poem at Regardless of Authority