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Anatomy of a Flash: Scott Garson
Scott Garson writes fiction, he created Wigleaf and just last week Willows Wept Press announced his book, American Gymnopedies –…
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So why are ‘genre’ writers more apt to make money from their writing? Is it simply because more people read…
Writers Stew: Mangla vs. Gerke
Recently I sat down at my computer and had some exchanges with Ravi Mangla. Ravi lives Fairport, New York (near Rochester). His work…
Guest Post – Ethel Rohan – What Does Writing Mean to You?
An excerpt from the epilogue to Noah Lukeman’s THE FIRST FIVE PAGES: The answer, ultimately, to getting published is how…
Addendum to Adam’s Long Takes – Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami, the Iranian director. Here’s the beginning of Under the Olive Trees which has a striking long shot from…
Paula Fox – Desperate Characters
I was fortunate enough to interview Paula Fox a few weeks ago for The Rumpus (it should be out in…
“God is watching us, God is watching us, God is watching us…”
Well, are we God now with facebook, blogs, websites and profiles galore? It seems in the writerly world lately criticism…
“Words of Wisdom Lloyd, Words of Wisdom”
Even Kubrick couldn’t envision Bluetooth. This was inspired by some back and forth with Adam Jameson on film. No other…
Top Films of the Decade
In March 2002 I woke up one morning in a trailer in the south of France, near the city of…