Bluebird
Plinky prompt: What is your favorite poem? Why? I’m not a big fan of poetry. While I can certainly appreciate the technical prowess involved in writing…
Read articleBooker Award: 5 Favorite Books
One of my lovely readers, Addy, nominated me for The Booker Award (whatever that is). Thanks! It’s a pleasure to know that someone not only reads…
Read articleTop 5 Favorite Authors
This is a difficult question that I’m likely to get wrong since it changes all the time. In no particular order other than that in which…
Read articleDear Goldfish Part 11
Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (hyperbolically) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by the internet. The following questions have been submitted…
Read article2011 Reading List: Second Half
It’s close enough to the end of the year that I feel confident posting this now (before I forget). The first half of the year can…
Read articleDear Goldfish Part 4
Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the series where I answer questions asked by the internet. The following questions have been submitted by people who…
Read article5 Important Books
What 5 books have influenced you the most? Post Office by Charles Bukowski This was my very first taste of Bukowski and I fell in love…
Read articleLiterary Tattoos
I have tattoos. I don’t have as many as I would like since I’m a poor, starving artist and new tattoos rarely seem to make it…
Read articleThe Muse
How do you find your muse? I don’t believe in muses in the mythological, daughters of Zeus sense, nor do I believe in afflatus. They fall…
Read articleBooks I Read (Or Burned) in 2010
I read every day, but not generally for hours on end. Sometimes, I only manage to read twenty pages or so because my heart’s just not…
Read articleA Book That Changed My Life
Ah, there are so many from which to choose. I could be flippant and simply name the dictionary. Or I could go with formative reads from…
Read articleHistorical Versus
If you could talk to any historical person for advice, who would it be and why? Hmmm… advice. Advice about what exactly? If I wanted advice…
Read articleBad Brain Days
So You Want To Be A Writer From sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way by Charles Bukowski if it doesn’t come…
Read articleHunger
Write a passage in the style of your favorite book. I don’t really have a favorite book. Well, that’s not exactly true. I do have a…
Read articleBukowski
A friend of mine told me that I write like Charles Bukowski “if Bukowski was ironically funny.” I said, “But, Bukowski is ironically funny.” “Not in…
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