Author post… Recursions, Part 10: “The Dawn Watch,” by Maya Jasanoff 4 Mar 20184 Mar 2018 This is the tenth in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…
Announcement… Teaser: “My Turn to Die” 28 Feb 201828 Feb 2018 I have finished the third draft of my next novel, titled My Turn to Die, and am grinding through the process of offering to agents while deciding whether I'd really…
Author post Old Man Reading Out Loud, with Accomplices 25 Feb 201825 Feb 2018 Well, not all of you missed it--I mean last Friday's "Noir in NELA" reading at Jen Hitchcock's edgy little shop, called Book Show LA. The room was packed! Sure, it was…
Author post A Book by Its Cover: Advice for the Self-Published 19 Feb 201819 Feb 2018 If your work is to be produced by a trade publisher, the cover will be entirely out of your hands. This can be a good thing, and it can be…
Author post Poetry Run 10 Feb 201810 Feb 2018 So one has to take a break from the prosaic now and then...my "vacation" has been a return to my roots in poetry. Normally this would be a dangerous thing,…
Announcement Will You Be in Los Angeles on February 23rd? 5 Feb 20185 Feb 2018 What will you be doing in Los Angeles on February 23rd, 2018? Whatever it is, start feeling guilty if it does not involve attending the Live Noir Reading at BookShow…
Announcement More Advice on Writing, Reprinted 2 Feb 20187 Feb 2018 Advice on writing by...er...me! Reprinted in "A Writer's Path," a literary community, originally printed here as "Clause and Effect": "How to Avoid Being Too Wordy in Your Writing" This is…
Announcement In the Material World 19 Jan 2018 The picture heading this post shows one of my novels, Family Ties, in the new books display at the Echo Park branch library here in Los Angeles. This means new…
Author post The Perils of Pals 9 Jan 20189 Jan 2018 Here is a tale--sadly, a true one--that I penned about twenty years ago. It's a story not so much of sailing as of sailors, especially weekend sailors and the innocence…
Author post When “Likes” Attract “Likes”–and Nothing Else 1 Jan 20182 Jan 2018 In electronics, the signal-to-noise ratio is the proportion of information carried in a transmission versus the hums, buzzes, and clicks in the carrier medium, be it radio waves or packet…
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