Blogging’s been light recently because I’ve been wrapping up applications for fellowships for the now-seriously-it’s-ready-but-wait-let-me-change-one-last-thing Denial screenplay. But this story about the apparently well-regarded ceramic artist Charles
Sadly, the winning streak ends at one. No winners for So Over It #9. The answer is Tooele High School, in Tooele, Utah. Not only
What I’m talking about here are not songs with deliberately obscure lyrics (early R.E.M.), or songs whose lyrics are often misheard. I’m talking about songs
Alexander Nazaryan’s review of Jim Crace’s Harvest raised the question of when an author should hang it up. Crace’s answer appears to be that authors should
So far, I’ve done contests based on television, movies, my travels, and history, but this contest is about my work. My longest published short story
Congratulations to Beth Markley of Arizona for winning the So Over It #8 contest. Her answer, which can be found on the Facebook page, is
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiuV8vF8K_s&w=560&h=315] I’m actually glad John Kerry said this. I’m glad he said it in Germany, which has a habit of jailing its local idiots when
The last contest carried the losing streak to 7. The location in that one was the Bull and Finch Bar across the street from Boston
Anyone tempted to get to know me is probably making an epoch-shatteringly tragic mistake. Nevertheless, for those who wish to venture beyond the Pillars of
I’ve received a ton, and sent a ton out. Rejection slips: one of nature’s most concentrated forms of pain. There are many ways to respond