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Using Timelines
I mentioned in a previous entry that I’m researching a Civil War novel. Writers face the eternal question, How can I organize the events of my book, especially an ambitious sprawling beast like this one? One time-honored tool, paper or … Continue reading
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Bill Hicks
Okay, this guy’s work you must know. Bill Hicks Live Check it out. Here’s the Wikipedia entry, which starts more or less: Hicks is often compared to Lenny Bruce (although he frequently denied knowing much about Bruce’s life or work) … Continue reading
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Great DVD course in Russian lit
I’m four lectures into a 36-lecture course on Classics in Russian Literature taught by that lively octogenarian Irwin Weil, a professor emeritus from Northwestern University, and I’m having a ball! Dr. Weil once said: Just because something is imaginary, doesn’t … Continue reading
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Rumsfeld’s War Crimes
I commend to your attention Donald Rumsfeld: The War Crimes Case. A few paragraphs: Donald Rumsfeld was one of the primary architects of the Iraq war. On September 15, 2001, in a meeting at Camp David, Rumsfeld suggested an attack … Continue reading
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Unchain my heart!
I have a confession to make. The enabling of that fucker Bush and the whole criminal crew has, for six years, put a crimp in my writing–or, rather, my lack of writing. Astounding, my love for this country when it’s … Continue reading
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The people reclaim ALL of Congress!
One more political entry before turning to other matters. I said yesterday morning, and Randi Rhodes agreed on the radio, that the voters of this nation have risen up just in time and saved it from fascism. Here’s a great … Continue reading
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Stepping back from the brink of fascism
The party of sanity and compassion handily won the House of Representatives, making Bush way lame, as lame as his brain. Here’s a nice post from Democratic Underground: America stood up and demanded the accountability that has been lacking for … Continue reading
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Vote Democratic!
Not a lot to say today except, my fellow Americans, vote as if your freedoms and the national honor depended on it (for they do), vote Democratic, vote the faux-Republican scoundrels out, and let’s have a decent USA once more. … Continue reading
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Getting around saintly Abe
I think I’ve mentioned I’m mulling a Civil War novel, so it’ll come as no surprise that I need to know about Lincoln. As a proponent of non-violence and one pretty deeply cynical about politicians the higher up the food … Continue reading
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Why do we write?
Susie Bright excerpts this chapter from her book about writing erotica. Her opener: If you write an erotic story — or any story, for that matter — and never publish it, you will have done a very good thing. If … Continue reading
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