Jason Lee Norman's Blog

2018 was a big year for Matthew Stepanic.  Edited 3 poetry chapbooks. Published his own chapbook, Relying on That Body, which has a poem for each of the eliminated queens from Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Season 10. Interviewed a lady who hates Christmas. Wore bow ties. Started a poetry podcast with his best friend Rayanne. […]

Project Compass is a collective novel that I published with Monto Books this October. It has four authors contributing to one larger story. Each author starts their story at one corner of the map of Edmonton and works their way towards the center. Each day this week I’ve written about one of the authors of […]

Project Compass is a collective novel that I published last month. It is written by four people. Each author took a character and started them at one corner of the map of Edmonton and then that character worked his/her way towards the center at the end of the novel. It is a very cool book and […]

Project Compass is a collective novel that my publishing house Monto Books published last month. It has 4 authors. Each author starts their main character at one corner of the city of Edmonton and works their way towards the center. I don’t know if a book like this has ever been written before and I’m pretty […]

Project Compass is a novel that I published last month. It is an experimental idea that I call a collective novel. It has four authors. These four authors all begin their stories at one corner of the map of our city and work their way towards the center. I’m going to write a little bit […]

A few things: Gord Downie has died. We all knew it was coming but we all hoped that it wouldn’t happen. At least not for a long time. The saddest thing is that someone who brought us all together as a country is no longer around anymore to hear from us about how much we […]

Hello friends. It’s secret project time again. I have few details right this very second but I promise I will reveal everything as soon as I can. Here’s what I need from you right now: Your unpublished short stories. 100-1500 words in length. No theme but it should be a good story and maybe not […]

Late last night word was starting to spread online that Denis Johnson had passed away. I was hoping it wasn’t true as more and more people on Facebook and Twitter started to post passages from his books and stories. This morning it was officially confirmed. Denis Johnson was one of the great American writers and, […]

Hi there. Today I got something really cool. Actually I got two things. First, I got an invitation to my cousin’s wedding. I think I’m going to go because they have really good pizza where she lives and I’m pretty excited about that. Also, I love my family- yada yada yada. The second thing I […]

So I’m going through a very interesting kind of writer’s block. Since November 8th I really have had no idea what the heck is going on in the world and I have not been entirely sure how myself or my writing fits into this new world that is quickly forming (or mutating) all around me. […]