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The Austin Writing Group, Episode 7
Saturday Show #18 Show Notes: Swashbuckling adventures in literary fiction, continued. Teaching Salinger’s Nine Stories by Brad McDuffie Susan Sontag Unguided Tour by Susan Sontag *** Grab my novel, ALMOST HOME, at one of these cool e-tailers: Amazon.com Amazon UK … Continue reading
The Austin Writing Group, Episode 3
Saturday Show Podcast #14: Download the show by right-clicking, save as…, or left-click to play in your browser. On-site player below. Topics discussed: – Theme and message in stories, including “The Bath” and “A Small, Good Thing” by Raymond Carver … Continue reading
The Writing Group, Episode 2
Saturday Show Podcast #13: Featuring an appearance by the ghost of writing groups past! (In a flow-y dress, no less.) More notes to come, when my brain is fully functioning. For now, please enjoy the audio. Saturday Show # 13 … Continue reading
Interview with Marion Stein
I first met Marion Stein on Twitter, where she called me “cool.” Women call me a lot of names, but cool isn’t usually one of them. So, I figured I should reciprocate this kindness by doing an e-mail interview with … Continue reading
American Scream: The BILL HICKS Story by Cynthia True
An Excerpt: “There was no time to idle. ‘We’re fighting an art war,’ Bill said solemnly as he leaned across the table. His eyes seemed to turn darker and the look on his face was so intense that [Stephen] Doster … Continue reading
Winter: Notes from Montana by Rick Bass – A (Brief) Review
This meditation on the country life, the hard life, the no electricity, stringing together fences, snow-burial life, took a while to grab me. But eventually, it did. The basic premise is pure hipster-doofus, and that’s probably what threw me at … Continue reading
The Secret Psychological Structure Behind Interpersonal Interactions
There’s a secret structure to human interactions, and if you don’t know what it is, you’re losing. Even worse, you’re being laughed at behind your back. “The knowledge of how to build a nest in a bare tree, how to … Continue reading
Plentiful Package by Melissa Craig – A (Brief) Review + Author Interview
If you’re looking for smoking-hot erotica, you’d be hard-pressed to find a novel better than this one by Melissa Craig. With quick-clip pacing and well-rounded characters, Ms. Craig has crafted a full-fledged story around her scenes of throbbing eroticism. Very … Continue reading
Underground Nest by Kathleen Maher – A BRIEF Review and Author Interview
Kathleen Maher’s style is engaging, but not in an obvious way. And within that subtlety lies the beauty of her work. The result, at least in this novel, is that the resonance of her narrative remains strong and true and … Continue reading
Saturday Show Podcast #8: How J.D. Salinger Ruined My Dating Life
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What I Believe…
I believe THE WIRE is the best television show of all time. I believe J.D. Salinger is an absolute genius, and his works are severely underappreciated, mostly because he chose to be a recluse and NOT publish after 1965. I … Continue reading
Saturday Show #4: Random Thoughts from the American Road (f. music by Bill Hicks)
Show Notes: Music: “Waiting Forever” by Bill Hicks. When you purchase The Essential Collection (Amazon Affiliate Link), you get a code which allows you to download this song and 10 others from billhicks.com. [NOTE: The audio of this video is … Continue reading
Saturday Show #3: Is the Indie Publishing Revolution Coming to an End?
[NOTE: This audio is the same as the downloadable MP3 file below.] SHOW NOTES: The Great Konrath ALMOST HOME THE WHIRLIGIG
Saturday Show #2: Fifty Shades of Shady?
On this edition of Saturday Show, I discuss the runaway phenomenon of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, Joseph Conrad (HEART OF DARKNESS), and other moving literary topics. SHOW NOTES/LINKS: http://thesuburbanjungle.com http://dearauthor.com ALMOST HOME: http://amzn.to/xdIC1p THE WHIRLIGIG: http://amzn.to/uxBWmM FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: … Continue reading
This Week in Literary Links #10
Don’t Read the Last Rites for Hard Covers Just Yet The Saturday Interview–Professor Mary Beard Hannah Rothschild on Nica Rothschild and Thelonious Monk Author Bill Dicksion on Telling True Stories of the West Sharp Elbow Patches–2 Publishers Fighting DoJ Lawsuit … Continue reading
Saturday Show #1: Is Attorney General Eric Holder Now in Charge of E-Book Pricing?
Saturday Show #1 Show Notes: Department of Justice Case vs. Big 5 + Apple New York Times Criticizes the Case * Here is the YouTube version (Audio is the same as the MP3 file below)…
