satire
August 5, 2009
- The lifeblood of any writer's ambitions is to burn through the static of today's frenzied communications channels-- and get somebody, anybody, to read their words. Today, we have an unparalled opportunity to attract readers from the United States Government... with the help of a "truth squad" of fellow citizens assisting the effort.This potential boom in readership comes courtesy of ...
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July 31, 2009
- Amid the country’s headlong rush for “change,” we have at last found a workable model for a successful economic stimulus program—one that might, indeed, bring about some real, positive and immediate change. Ironically, this model is found in the so-called “Cash for Clunkers” program, which at the time of this writing is six days old… and which, also at the time of ...
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July 26, 2009
- The following is a humorous shard of gimcrackery I wrote in the late 1990s for an e-mail column I had then. A recent review showed it still had the capacity to cause the heart to trip with laughter. I’ve updated it with photos and a little tweaking. And I do apologize to the Senator in question: His intentions and goals were good, but his method made him an irresistible bulls-eye and me ...
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July 22, 2009
- I am featured in this month's issue of Mystery Readers International. The article focuses on Los Angeles Mysteries. Check it out at: http://www.mysteryreaders.org/Issues/Losangeles1.html
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July 15, 2009
- James Gaitis © 2009 This much I now can tell you: The life of a satirist can be a lonely and misunderstood existence. I know. We satirists are often sorely mistaken, perhaps because it is difficult for the reader to pierce the veil of satire to understand the true meaning underlying the masked, satirical word. I have written a novel (a satire, to be sure) that it intended to be gender ...
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July 11, 2009
- Previously published in the 'Splendiferously Important Homes of Her Majesty's British Isles' edition of 'Her Ladyshipness Magazine'.It is of the utmost importance that a lady decorate her home in a manner befitting her station in life. That is why, regardless of whether or not you dwell within a castle or a small terraced cottage at the back of beyond, if you are a woman of breeding you should ...
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June 20, 2009
- I returned home from a book signing for 'The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy' at Borders in Bristol about three hours ago, after a very productive five hours of exposing the good people of the city to all things Guppy. The store has a really laid back and friendly atmosphere and the staff are lovely (big thanks to Ed for organising the event). It's located in a lovely part of Bristol, ...
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June 9, 2009
- James Gaitis © 2009 If your recent experience is anything like mine, you’re hearing a lot these days about the importance of injecting constant conflict resolution into your longer works of fiction. It might be an editor who explains authoritatively how every chapter should begin with a tidy little conflict and conclude with a neatly ribboned and bowed resolution that carries the reader ...
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June 5, 2009
- “Fuck,” said God. …That’s a line from one of the short-stories in Shalom Auslander’s “Beware of God.” I live in the Middle East, so I feel like I hear God saying “Fuck!” almost every day. (If He doesn’t, then He’s not reading the newspapers.) “Beware of God” nails faith and the faithful as only a genius of satire can do. A very angry genius of satire, I ought to point ...
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May 26, 2009
- James Gaitis © 2009 I don’t want to sound unduly satirical but I can’t help wondering why we don’t have a holiday to honor those who, without having to resort to violence (other than, perhaps, a bit of justifiable civil disobedience now and then), force wars to come to an end. You know, like that seemingly lost generation of free and progressive thinkers who helped bring the Vietnam War ...
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