I recall the first poem I ever wrote, I believe I was 12 at the time, and how I thought it was incredibly hard, the hardest enterprise I had ever undertaken up to that point. And I guess it was, trying to craft words into some semblance of order on a page that didn’t seem … Continue reading Naming the Unnameable: An Exercise in Poetry
So, yes, I’m the dummy who can’t seem to find a more efficient way to edit my novel-in-waiting. I have tried several different methods, like asking people to proofread for me, offering them chocolates to proofread for me, and trying to force them to proofread for me. To no avail. Well, strike that. My lovely … Continue reading Layered: Further Revisionist Theory
It was 10 o’clock of a Thursday night in the city of brotherly love, the witching hour in some circles, when only the crazies and pseudo-crazies were out and about on South Street, so you know I was there. The year was 1995, but it could have been 1996 or 1997 as well, because it … Continue reading Ode to Siren’s Silence
The man by the door in my dreams is me Conscious of nothing but his hands and feet Curled inward against the coming storm Face calmly serene in profile Wrapped in homespun rags Sitting on the cold slab of mortality He sings softly to himself While clouds roll by overhead As if waiting for an … Continue reading Clarity: A Poem
So here I sit in morbid anticipation, waiting for the long night to swallow my indifference and make my halting words clear. It will never be the same, I guess. The plaintive cry echoing out over the stereo calls to me. The sounds of Gavin Friday drowning out my seemingly endless problems. “I walked on … Continue reading From the Vault: Conflicting Generalizations (from January, 1998)
No wonder there are so many crappy e-books out there. Seriously. I’ve been researching the process of how an e-book comes about, and it just seems way too easy for any schmo out there to publish whatever tripe they happen to be selling. I believe prose can be an art form, and too many people … Continue reading The Stair Stepping Nature of Modern Publishing
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