Slowly But Surely Slogging Along
Well, despite the best attempts of so-called Real Life, I managed to increase my word count to 9000 over the weekend. This is still running behind my desired count, but given that I spend the weekend replacing my video card, adding a new fan to my primary computer, shopping, and doing laundry I suppose it's not as bad as it could have been!Dialog, oh yes. What a pain! It's almost impossible ...
Is the Internet Killing Publishing?...
A couple of blogs here have posted excerpts and comments from a Time Magazine story that attempts to explain the current status of publishing and predict its future. While the story promises revolutionary changes in publishing I have to say that I agree that change is in the air, but I do not agree with the magazine's premise, which is that technology--the Internet in particular--is having the ...
Read some
Do check out William Reese Hamilton's "Starlings" in the new issue of Adirondack Review.
Amatuer step aside and let a pro...
Today I got up the nerve to call small bookstores and pitch my book. Well, can I tell you I was so nervous. I must have fumbled over my own name. I forgot how to speak Spanish. Seriously, I couldn't even take down a telephone number. It was pathetic to say the least. I have to say small bookstore owners were very friendly and not judgemental at all. I even asked one how I did and he was honest. ...
We have dialogue! Notes from Chapter three
Haha! We have dialogue. I wrote the scene between Sofia and George before finishing Chapter Two, and it's much stronger on character development. Yay! Characters who are actually funny and witty. Well, they made me laugh, so hopefully it's funny outside of my head too. I love Sofia. May she drink scotch and smoke cigars forever! I want to go back and describe Sofia's bar/immortal casino more, but ...
THE CURIOUS CASE OF CAROLINE KENNEDY
'it's a bitch girl but it's gone to far 'cause you know it don't matter anyway.' i caught up with caroline kennedy at the 2004 democrat convention in boston. when asked by my colleague if being at the convention brought back any memories, she and i equally shared shock with the stupidity and hollowness of the question. we shared a laugh, a wink, and she graciously expanded on the question and ...
Staph and Queers and Sensationalism, Oh My
It’s difficult to express the ire I felt encountering the San Francisco Chronicle’s headline and accompanying article on Tuesday morning written by Sabin Russell, Chronicle Medical Writer, about a supposedly new staph infection epidemic at which San Francisco’s gay community is at the epicenter. Along with the sensational headline, S.F. gay community an epicenter for new strain of virulent ...
100 words - Paper Man
Herschel sat at the table with closed eyes. The sounds of the crowd faded. The sound of the clock became more and more distinct. As the ticks echoed he went over in his my mind what would happen next. Visualization, his coach called it. Then the buzzer rang. Herschel's eyes flew open and his hands jumped into action. Intricate rehearsed motions faster than thought. A blur of tanned fingers and ...
On the Path - NaNoWriMo 2008
I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo 2008 on October 31st - no outline, no characters. I ended up stealing a couple of characters from a couple of other failed story attempts, and have used them to populate my Sci Fi thriller Black Days.My word count is up, and I have a plot. Now I need a style <grin>.
Donnie Brasco: Love Among the Mafia
Some of the greatest performances by actors are made great by their electrifying relationship – on stage or on screen – with others. The idea of the ensemble is an honored one in the history of theater and film, and an ensemble can be made up of just two actors. In the case of the 1997 film Donnie Brasco, those two are Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. This Mike Newell-directed film is a very ...
