I’m a proud and vocal book abandoner. If, after giving it the official John Irving try (reading 100 pages in hopes the story gets going named after Irving because A Prayer for Owen Meany takes…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Everything the light touches is my kingdom. Well, at least where this website is concerned. There's an about me section if you are so inclined to know things. All the posts were written by me. I have a lot of words.
Harshing the ho-ho-ho: A mini rant in the form of a list
Isn’t it some sort of grocery store law that if you’ve backed more than halfway out of your space the fucker who comes barreling up behind you just has to wait until you’ve finished? That’s…
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Sometimes when I read short story collections I try to figure out what the author’s thing is. By thing I mean the big issue they address in their writing. While it’s easy to extrapolate from…
My task would be to write crime
There’s a scene in “High Fidelity” where Rob and Laura are sitting at the kitchen table in his apartment. In front of her is a list of five jobs Rob would like to have if,…
Not so much with the rocking
I love rock & roll. I adore Michael Schaub. I love to read. So last month when he listed his five favorite rock & roll novels, I tossed up some heavy metal fingers and shouted…
21.5 inches
I missed the great Halloween Blizzard of ’91, because I was living in Wisconsin. So this is the first epic blizzard I can remember experiencing. Lucky for me, I live in Shakopee which wins (?)…