I was hoping to generate some discourse with my last post, but it would seem the world according to five people other than myself agrees with me.  No one will stand up and defend Homer as a prophet, or as someone who shook the world?  Shakespeare was just doing his job, building the English language [...]

In lieu of a real writing post–one soon to come, I promise– here’s a couple links, related and unrelated to writing.
Most of you probably know that I’m pretty old-fashioned.  Something in me shrivels up a little every time I send a text.  But this is the age we live in, and it’s how I keep [...]

Name your five most character-building memories.  Your five happiest.  Top five kisses.  Your desert island albums and books.  I know mine, I think.
Last Thursday a good friend of mine flew in from out of state and stayed with me until Monday evening.  Old readers will know her as the Antagonist.  The moment we got in [...]

I’ve got some links, a contest, and some thoughts for you.
First off, the second issue of The Collagist has been released–I don’t know how long ago, it’s the September issue, I just happened to look.  Along with some excellent fiction and poetry, there’s a review of Josh Weil’s The New Valley, a book I’ve recommended [...]

I’m gonna try to get this blog back on the rails, ignore some of my personal problems–I’m getting tired of rehashing them, stepping over my own tracks– and focus a little more on writing, and the reading thereof. In that spirit, a brief roundup of some of the very best things that have crossed [...]