Damn, I was about to write a post about readings at weddings but I have to run off to a meeting (Yes, just like a real person with a real job!) so for now I’ll just put up the post script, which I wrote first for some reason. p.s. I’ve actually finished the book in [...]
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Posted 12 August 2010
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I like alcohol and I like good writing and I particularly like good writing that describes the mixed good-and-evil nature of booze. I’ve just begun reading The Tender Bar and found this particularly nice paragraph in the prologue: Every regular at Steve’s bar was fond of metaphors. One old bourbon drinker told me that a [...]
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Posted 05 April 2010
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I’ve read a lot of great books in the past ten years, but many of those were classics written a long time ago. Here are my ten favorite of the ones actually published in the last decade. The Contortionist’s Handbook, by Craig Clevenger – though these are listed in no particular order, The Handbook is [...]
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Posted 28 December 2009
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This is how the publishing industry is supposed to work: A writer of great talent releases a book and his fans, who are eagerly awaiting, snatch it up in hardcover despite themselves. Hardcovers are expensive, but damn if The Angel’s Game isn’t beautiful. The book jacket that is too small, revealing the rows of books [...]
Ever wonder what it’s like to be in prison for murder by age 16? Arlando “Tray” Jones landed himself in prison by age 16 and he’s still there. Eager Street: A Life on the Corner and Behind Bars is his autobiography, and I’ve already read it. It’s a story of drug dealers and trigger boys [...]
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Posted 17 May 2009
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Salud. Finished a few books recently, but since I don’t know what I’ll be starting next I posted some recently past books on my “what I’m reading” list rather than some anciently past books. Sent my first agent query out today for Flying Wingman. Fell free to send champagne. I also improved my about/contact page [...]
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Posted 01 May 2009
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You know if I’m writing about a book it was an awesome book. The Contortionist’s Handbook, by Craig Clevenger, rocked. Best book I’ve read in a couple months, easy, and in the top five for the year. As a writer, I generally put all books into four categories: It sucked. I could write better myself. [...]
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Posted 18 March 2009
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Meant to post today but got caught up proofreading the roomy’s grad school essay. (Live with a writer! Free writing advice!) But I’ll provide you with a little reading anyway. If you want to know what life is like for your favorite writer/bartender/server, I refer you to my twin sister at The New Glitterati. This [...]
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Posted 10 December 2008
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At the Inner Harbor today I saw a couple feeding chicken Mcnuggets to seagulls. Goes to show you how much racial integrity the seagull has. Poetry rarely gets me (and I rarely get it) but after seeing Billy Collins in Key West I’ve kept an eye out for his stuff. So here, for your reading [...]
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Posted 24 November 2008
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Michael Crichton died on Tuesday. This made me sad because I was hoping for a Crichton resurgence. His latest books were not as good as his earlier ones, and I figured he’d leave off the plot-holed recent trends and return to uber-researched awesomeness a la Eaters of the Dead, etc. I think Crichton’s later works [...]
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Posted 07 November 2008
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