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John Biggs commented on the post, Billy Dixon’s Lucky Shot 4 years, 3 months ago

Thanks, John. Look forward to seeing you at Oklahoma Writers.
John Biggs commented on the post, Karen Cooper’s Links for Writers Publishing in Oklahoma 4 years, 4 months ago

Sorry, the only publishers listed on my site are those who published my books.
John Biggs wrote a new post, What is that Goose Bump Feeling? ASMR 5 years, 1 month ago

Most dogs have a special spot that if touched will make one leg do a meaningless little dance. It’s pretty obvious they like it. Nobody has the slightest idea why, especially not the dog. Sounds can have […]
John Biggs wrote a new post, Billy Dixon’s Lucky Shot 5 years, 1 month ago

On June 27, 1874, twenty-eight men and one woman sleeping in a run down settlement called Adobe Walls learned it’s better to be lucky than to have an army on your side. Most of them were buffalo hunters, […]
John Biggs wrote a new post, “Manning Up” 5 years, 1 month ago

“Manning Up” was published in Chupa Cabra House’s Small Town Futures in October, 2014.

“Manning Up” Opening paragraphs:

Before the trouble started there were lots of different bars in Oklahoma City—Indian […]
John Biggs wrote a new post, “I 35” was a lot rougher road than I expected 5 years, 1 month ago

I wrote a little story entitled, “I 35” mostly in my head on my way to visit my sister in law in Bisbee, Arizona. By the time I got there I had the plot worked out, a couple of catchy lines and knew all there […]
John Biggs wrote a new post, Are You Self Published? 5 years, 1 month ago

“Tell people you are a writer.” My publisher gave me this advice, so did my wife and about a hundred of my closest friends. That statement is the foundation of a platform (don’t you hate that word). Things should […]
John Biggs wrote a new post, “I 35” 5 years, 1 month ago

“I 35” was published in Phoenix Photo & Fiction vol. 1, December, 2014. http://waxpoetryart.com/phoenix/issues/001/johnbiggs.html

“I 35” Opening paragraphs:

“Them red ants are the worst. There’s millions of […]
John Biggs wrote a new post, “Unk” 5 years, 1 month ago

“Unk” was first published in Disturbed Digest, issue 1, Alban Lake Press, June, 2013. It was subsequently published as a reprint by A Murder of Storytellers in Beyond the Nightlight in December, 2014.

“Unk” […]
John Biggs wrote a new post, Evita Peron 5 years, 1 month ago

Evita (little Eva) Peron’s beginnings were about as humble as a person could get in Argentina. Her father, Juan Duarte, was a rancher who already had a wife and children. He took Evita’s mother, Juana […]
John Biggs commented on the post, Mother / Daughter Prison Break 5 years, 1 month ago

Thanks for the correction.
John Biggs commented on the post, Are You Self Published? 5 years, 1 month ago

I totally agree. Some authors want total control over their intellectual property and that is something they do not have with any publisher, even the most flexible small press.
John Biggs commented on the post, Evita Peron 5 years, 2 months ago

I left Argentina with a newfound respect for Evita.
John Biggs commented on the post, “I 35” was a lot rougher road than I expected 5 years, 3 months ago

Thanks Christine. A thick skin really is an important part of the submission process. Especially if you write literary fiction.
John Biggs wrote a new post, A Highway or a Short Story Collection? 5 years, 5 months ago

Highway 70 through Utah is basically a series of short stories tied up by a ribbon of cement. It runs through a region of the state called the San Rafael Swell where there were no major roads at all before it […]
John Biggs commented on the post, Oklahoma Ghost Dancers 5 years, 6 months ago

We live in an interesting state, Ed. Unfortunately most of the Native American History in this state is glossed over or even eliminated from Oklahoma History classes.
John Biggs wrote a new post, “Footprints” 5 years, 6 months ago

“Footprints” was one of my earliest and most successful short short stories. It was posted earlier but I think it deserves a second mention since it has been reprinted with minor modifications for a third time by […]
John Biggs wrote a new post, Ghost Dance 5 years, 6 months ago

A Paiute shaman named Wovoka (aka Jack Wilson) came down with a high fever in 1888. While he was delirious, he had a vision that would keep him front and center on the stage of American History for the next […]
John Biggs commented on the post, The Fashionable Cemeteries of Paris 5 years, 7 months ago

Carolyn, I love those tree trunks growing in cemeteries too. I hope I’m able to attend your next slide presentation.
John Biggs commented on the post, The Fashionable Cemeteries of Paris 5 years, 7 months ago

I agree Shelly. Paris is a great city, EVEN for the living.
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