Category Archives: Writing

How to Write a Novel

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

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.

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

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

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

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

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

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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Jack Hardy, Gone

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Friday (March 11) for naptime, Merida, my three-year-old, wanted to listen to “Willie Goggin’s Hat” from Jack Hardy’s CD The Passing. As usual, she asked if he would sing it when he comes to visit. She also wanted him to … Continue reading →

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More Notes on Writing

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

Yesterday I read an interview with Stephen Graham Jones, a writer who has been recommended to me, but I haven’t gotten to yet. He had an interesting observation about subverting genre: “I’m always telling my students that the trick with … Continue reading →

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New Springdale Novel

Posted on August 10, 2010 by

There are days to be endured, days to be celebrated, and the rest, the mundane many that shove us onward through time and space. Every morning I wake up and wonder which kind today will be. The key is to … Continue reading →

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New Story

Posted on June 11, 2010 by

I forgot to post that I finished a new piece last week, a 13,000 word novelette. It’s the first story I’ve finished in a long time. It still needs a title though. The art comes from an article here about … Continue reading →

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