May 27, 2024 | Book Media, Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
I was honored to be asked to be this year’s Judge for the Willow Springs Press 2024 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. After reading all the entries with great diligence, I selected Nightwatch by Mathew Goldberg, and in concert with the Willow Springs team,...
Aug 23, 2020 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Reviews
New Book Review by Dragonfly.Eco: an exploration of eco-fiction The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes (Little A, 2016) Young adult contemporary fiction Review by Kimberly Christensen To say that fourteen-year-old March Wong loves trees is an understatement. He climbs multiple...
May 2, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
Highlights: Ned Hayes Ned Hayes was a part-time author of historical fiction when he got the idea for The Eagle Tree. The novel was so different from his previous work that he feared nobody but him would like it. He decided to submit the novel to Kindle Scout – a...
Dec 11, 2017 | Current Ned Note, News and Media, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
Reviewer Jeb Harrison published a great introduction to my novel SINFUL FOLK in the Huffington Post Book section! Tales of Hard Winters Long Ago The writer Richard Adams, in Watership Down, said that “Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what...
Feb 19, 2017 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
Storytelling is a calling: we manufacture meaning out of events through the act of storymaking. After all, the human experience doesn’t really make sense on a day to day basis. Story is a fabric laid transparent over the bumps and bricks of random occurrence, a map...
