Hog Lagoon by Sarah Jean Grimm
I don’t pay attention to trends in literature, but what I always love is when you can tell an author took a real risk on the page. I don’t even need that risk to “work” in order to appreciate it, I just want to read things that surprise me and make me think.
Letter’s to Wendy’s by Joe Wenderoth
Never play it safe, especially when writing about yourself. I like the E.M. Cioran quote: “Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.” Also, don’t wait for inspiration to hit before writing—learn to write regardless of how you feel.
The printing costs for the first book I’m publishing on my new indie press, Rose Books (www.rosebooks.co).
Chelsea Hodson is the author of the book of essays Tonight I’m Someone Else and the chapbook Pity the Animal. She is the publisher and editor of Rose Books, and she founded the Morning Writing Club (www.morningwritingclub.com). She lives in Sedona, Arizona.
