DEAD MOCKINGBIRDS
So Harper Lee has written a new book! Okay, so it’s not exactly new, she says she actually wrote it before ‘Mockingbird,’ which was a prequel, I guess. And the publisher claims it sat in a box in...
View ArticleNo Plot…
Lately I’ve been reading ‘No Plot, No Problem,’ by Chris Baty, the lunatic who started Nanowrimo. I’m not sure I agree 100% with the implied premise, that I ought to simply apply ass to chair and start...
View ArticleTHE RELUCTANT ATHEIST
Read ‘Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God,’ by Frank Shaeffer. Frank is a former preacher, current painter and writer, but it seems to me that he’s still suffering from preacheritis, which is a...
View ArticleNEXT…
I am, once again, in between writing projects. For what seems a very long time now I have been working and reworking the same two projects. They are now both in the hands of Darth, my agent, and I need...
View ArticleMARJORIE BRAMAN
Being a writer is great fun, I recommend it heartily and without reservation. Writing, though, is a bitch and I don’t understand why anyone would put himself through it. The pay stinks (generally),...
View ArticleTHE POACHER’S SON
Just finished reading The Poacher’s Son, by Paul Doiron, which is a story about a Maine Game Warden chasing bad guys through the deep dark woods. It’s a well-written book and I wanted to like it, I...
View ArticleWRITER’S BLOCK, REVISITED
I’ve been in a dry spell, writing-wise, for a couple of months now. Maybe more. There are plenty of things I could blame it on: pressures at my day job, changes in life’s externals, my cat (have to get...
View ArticleTHE UNTETHERED SOUL
Read ‘The Untethered Soul’, by Michael Singer. Got the audio version, too, listened to it on my way back and forth to work, and it took me a while to come to terms with it. For about the first third,...
View ArticleHOW WE’LL DIE ON MARS
Just read ‘How We’ll Live On Mars,’ by Stephen Petranek, who is a guy who uses words like ‘terraforming’ and expects to be taken seriously. He talks a lot about Elon Musk and SpaceX and Columbus’...
View ArticleUTAH
Just got back from a ski trip to Utah. I was prepared to dislike Salt Lake City, I’d been there before years ago and found the vibe a little strange. Maybe it was me, I overdosed on religion as a kid...
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