Nathan Holic

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  • We Creep Closer…

    As we creep closer to the release date for The Things I Don’t See, my new novella, it’s exciting to see that other people are, like, actually talking about the book. The first is the Orlando Weekly, our alternative newspaper here in town. They’ve been incredibly supportive of the work I’ve done with Burrow Press,…

  • The Things I Don’t See – Pre-Sale!

    Here is the posting I’ve been looking forward to sharing! My new novella, The Things I Don’t See, has an official page on the Main Street Rag Publishing Company’s online bookstore, and an official release date. In fact, you can even order it right now. It would actually be my suggestion (gentle, but still enthusiastic)…

  • The Writing Process Blog Tour – Continued

    A week or so ago, I posted my entry in the “My Writing Process” blog tour. I tagged three writers, John King, Mark Pursell, and Teege Braune, who continued the tour. For your easy reading pleasure, I have compiled the links to their blog posts here. Enjoy! Mark Pursell, at the Burrow Press Blog John…

  • My Writing Process: Blog Tour

      First, a word about the writer who nominated me for the blog tour. I’ve known Vanessa Blakeslee (blog here) for almost a decade now, which is a little bit insane to think about. (Side-note: can something be a “little bit insane”? I don’t know. Anyway.) Vanessa was finishing up her Masters degree at the…

  • An Open Letter to List Articles

    So I’ve joined the billions of other writers in the world who have helped to make the “open letter” the most popular thing since, like, internet porn. Except my “open letter” is not directed at a celebrity, a la Miley Cyrus open letters. Instead, mine is directed at the other online article genre that is…

  • Consider the Milkshake

    A couple months ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a “literary collaboration” at the Orlando Museum of Art’s “First Thursday” event. (These are basically the new thing, by the way. (Maybe they were also the old thing, too?) Museums/ aquariums/ science centers that open up for monthly “culture and cocktails” events…basically turning the…

  • Infinite Jest: is this about me, or the characters?

    I spent much of the summer reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, and regardless of my final thoughts or critical appraisal, the book itself was an experience that succeeded in challenging me as a reader. Along the way, I constantly consulted the web site Infinite Summer, just to measure my reactions against the multitude of…

  • The Epic Eminem Analysis Part VI: “Square Dance” and “Soldier”

    The following is part of a series of essays I’ve been writing on the “character arcs” and dramatic story structure of the Eminem CDs. I apologize if they’re excruciating, or (if you like them) if the wait between essays is excruciating. Life is busy. But click here to start at the start. previous: The Eminem…

  • Huffington Post

    Guess what? I’m on the Huffington Post. The column is called “When Do We Stop Caring About the Brands That Define Us?” and originally appeared as part of a feature at UCF Today called “The UCF Forum” (columns by faculty members and students). Okay, okay. I know that this–like my recent appearance on Amazon–isn’t exactly…

  • Reading Books While Burping My Baby

    My baby is no longer a baby. He’s a toddler. And he doesn’t need to be burped, obviously. The kid can put down some food. But for the year 2012, I wrote a column at Burrow Press Review (and Burrow Press Extra, the BP Tumblr site) about my reading habits over the course of the…