Announcement… Thoughts on First Drafts 22 Mar 2023 I'm one of three writers interviewed on this "Words to Write By" podcast series this week (the others being Delta James and M. J. Brunnabend), and the subject being first…
Announcement… Interview by The Bookshelf Café News 22 Jul 2022 I am interviewed by The Bookshelf Café News...just an email interview, but it came out pretty well, I think. Author Interview: Richard Risemberg
Author post Year of the Novella 19 May 2021 I decided early last year to write several novellas, all in variations of the third-person style, and I have just finished the first draft of the third. I think I…
book review Musings on Proust, Part 9 12 Feb 2021 Proust Goes for a Laugh Proust had a bit of fun at his own expense in a comic bit that he put in is own words for a change, in…
Announcement Ten of Fifteen 19 Dec 2020 Just used up ten of my Warholian fifteen minutes yesterday, when Chat & Spin radio in the UK interviewed me about my novels. The interview is available in their archives…
Announcement… Novella Time 20 May 2020 I have begun writing a novella, that odd in-between genre, much too long to be a short story, but rarely long enough to be called a novel in most literary…
interview Dealing with Lockdowns and the Imminence of Doom 3 Apr 20206 Apr 2020 Fellow writer Tami Shaikh has asked a number of literary folks how they are dealing with the coronavirus epidemics, and I was honored to be among them. Here is the…
Author post Musings on Proust, Part 1 27 Mar 202027 Mar 2020 I have at last begun reading Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. While the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying restrictions have given me more time to read, I actually…
Author post When Clichés Come to Life 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 Clichés are much derided in writing circles, and rightly so: they are a lazy way to express the character of a situation, and usually they have been heard so often…
Author post The Rising Tide 19 Aug 201919 Aug 2019 The tide is rising for me, apparently; I had thought July and August would be slow months, with folks who can afford to take vacations out of town, and that…
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