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I'm a fiction writer, fiction editor, former staffer at The New Yorker, Forbes Inc, and New York Times Custom Publishing. My editorial work has appeared in a variety of magazines (all of the way from Maxim to Good Housekeeping). My copy writing has been featured in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Condé Nast Traveler.
I am the recipient of scholarships to Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (a difficult award to get) and Summer Literary Seminars in Russia.
I've been anthologized in four times. My nonfiction has been praised in The New York Times. My work as an editor was lauded in Esquire.
I have an MFA from Columbia University and a screenplay of mine was once optioned by a major film production company.
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- Last Night’s Reading | Meakin Armstrong on Reading: Freerange Nonfiction, May 5th
- Last Night’s Reading | Meakin Armstrong on Reading: MR. Beller’s Neighborhood, Feb 14th
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Museyon Guides: Praised in The New York Times
A book I contributed to, Museyon Guides Film + Travel: North America was praised in The New York Times. My segment on the South, which included Deliverance and Gone With the Wind, was mentioned with praise. From the banjo and … Continue reading
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ASSME: a site I’ve been writing for
I’ve been participating in a community blog, for the group, ASSME (American Society of Shit-Canned Media Elites). They’re at assme.org I’ve written several entries so far. The latest one I posted today. It’s a long piece I wrote that I … Continue reading
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An Imaginary South: Advance Publicity for the Museyon book
So says the blog entry: The American South is deeply tied-up in mythology. While onscreen it’s immortalized in classics like Gone With The Wind — a film shot in California and starring a British actress — the real South is … Continue reading
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Mr. Beller is having problems with his neighborhood
My story–and a lot of other stories, too–won’t launch. Sure hope it gets fixed, soon…
An article I wrote is up on Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood
A piece I wrote when I was at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference last year is up on Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood. I love that site; I think it’s one of the best on the Web. It’s dedicated to stories that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, By Meakin Armstrong, gaijin, Growing up in Japan, japan, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, writing
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InDigest fiction
The fine folks at Indigestmag.com have put up a short story of mine, The Missing Years. It’s from a novel I’ve been working on. The story is an early draft. It’s so good to read something from the novel. At … Continue reading
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Better Bad TV ahead
Looks like the WGA is going to settle their strike. Meanwhile there’s the below the parody video Tom Cruise WANTS you to see! on FunnyOrDie.com a parody of the Tom Cruise video in support of the WGA. A daring video … Continue reading
I smell children. . . (I’ve always loved this guy)
Those kids, it has always seemed to me, were damned insipid. They deserved everything they got. I remember thinking that when I was about six. They risked death for a lollipop. Stupid kids.I sighed through “Hushabye Mountain.” Still do. The … Continue reading
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Sam Lipsyte, Guest fiction editor
Sam was never a teacher of mine. I met him in Russia when I’d a scholarship for a fiction workshop. But Sam was a standout: a nice guy and a true advocate for his students. Plus, and this I can … Continue reading
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Describing “Comfortable” Sex
Right now, I’m writing a sex scene for my novel. And it’s an awful thing. I’ve written about sex before, but it was always uncomfortable sex. This one is comfortable (albeit, tacky) sex. Ugh. Writing an uncomfortable sex scene is … Continue reading
