Category Archives: Writing

Western Novella

That’s what the contract says. I sold a surreal western novella to PS Publishing. Now all I have to do is write it. (Note: this is not how I normally do things; I usually crawl along, stapling words together, getting … Continue reading

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The Big Boys

I recently watched a documentary called American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986, directed by Paul Rachman and written by Steven Blush. It’s based on Blush’s book American Hardcore: A Tribal History. The film details some of the … 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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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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How to Write a Novel

Chico Marx (Fiorello) from the Marx Brothers A Night at the Opera: So now I tell you how we fly to America. The first time we started we got-a half way there when we run out a gasoline, and we … Continue reading

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New York, Emshwiller, Etc.

I’m back home after a short trip to New York for the Carol Emshwiller 90th birthday reading party event. Jim Freund, who runs the New York Review of Science Fiction reading series and hosts the Hour of the Wolf show … Continue reading

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April is Emshwiller Month

I’m heading to New York next week for part one of the Carol Emshwiller birthday events. Tuesday, April 12, The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art 138 Sullivan Street Doors open at 6:30 … Continue reading

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More on Jack Hardy, and Journalistic Preconceptions

There was a nice piece at the New York Times online about some people getting together for a Monday night songwriter’s meeting/farewell to Jack. The write-up had a link to a 1999 NYT article on the meetings. I had forgotten … Continue reading

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