Great weekend. Saturday I took My Beautiful Wife to the winery and we picnicked whilst she sipped of the vine. I had one glass and switched to Diet Coke so that I might get the truck and connubial unit back home in one piece. And still there was that moment as the truck banked a […]
I pulled my Scottish ass out of the fartsack this morning; groggy, grumpy, and four other unpleasant dwarves who don’t bear mentioning. “Shawn,” I mumbled to myself, “today we’re going to get a request for some goddamn pages from at least one agent. Today is the day.” Remind me to do that more often. It […]
I have been a student of JD Salinger for a long time. I love his commitment to perfection. His word-squeezing. His ruthless refusal to bend his art to appease critics. His unrepentant belief in the existence of the precocious child; the reincarnated old soul. Admittedly, some hero worship can be taken too far. Mohandas Gandhi […]
This is the math writers don’t want to know. These are the facts. The largest “target” publishing genre, the one with the most voracious audience of readers, is Young Adult. If you are a writer, your very best odds of publishing are tied to the YA market. Step One to publishing your YA masterpiece is […]
Wow. It’s so late in the day I probably shouldn’t bother with a blog post today. Quick thoughts. Orange is the New Black: Episode Five and I’m pretty much out. First there was the creeping realization that every male character in this prison drama was a complete caricature buffoon. Then came the realization that all […]
