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Interview with Robert Keiper

And now, the long awaited interview with Robert Keiper, who voiced the majority of the iambik audiobooks production of The Painting and the City. (He handled the contemporary parts and Ulf Bjorklund read the Philip Schuyler journal sections. I’m hoping … Continue reading

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More Notes On Writing, Again

Good article by C.A. Belmond in the Huffington Post last Wednesday: “Writers Wednesday: 5 Lies They Tell You About Writing.” I particularly liked number 2: “Many writing instructors routinely discourage new authors from describing their characters and the world they … Continue reading

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Couple of Links

I liked this piece on Bookslut by Greer Mansfield about the fiction of Sheridan Le Fanu, M.R. James, and Robert Aickman. I haven’t read much Le Fanu or James. In fact, I didn’t even realize that I own a copy … Continue reading

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Story Posted

Over on the right, under the page for Psychological Methods To Sell Should Be Destroyed, I’ve put up a short story from the collection. It’s “Tales of the Golden Legend,” which I posted about here. It was first published in … Continue reading

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Bill Morrissey

I just heard today that singer/songwriter Bill Morrissey died in July, of heart failure. Various obituaries and tributes here. I talked to him once at one of his shows and we shared a French publisher, but I didn’t know him. … Continue reading

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Circus eBook

Circus of the Grand Design is now available as an ebook, brought to an ebook store near you by the lovely and talented Keith Brooke, of Infinity Plus. Circus came out in hardback from Prime Books in 2004. Locus Magazine … Continue reading

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Robert Aickman

Recently, I strolled through Robert Aickman’s short story collection The Wine-Dark Sea. I had been wanting to read some of his stories and picked this one because it was available from the library. The book is made up of stories … Continue reading

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Tulsa

My 3 1/2-year-old daughter recently injured her hand, requiring reconstructive surgery and an ongoing recuperation period. One of the therapies we’ve tried (her choice) is listening to Western Swing music on CD and watching YouTube videos of Bob Wills, Don … Continue reading

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