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I'm doing a lot of reading on the web, lately. I set up a couple of lenses for my book and designs, and in the marketing process have gotten interested in the internet culture. The last read of a book was Fiasco, an account of the Iraq debacle. I would have wearied if it hadn't been so...
Walking the Strip
Everybody tries it. I tried it. "Well, shit, it's just a little way. Lets walk." Those buildings are so much bigger than they appear to the eye that it creates a spatial and optical illusion. Fifteen minutes in and you're making no progress. I picked up a lot of 'flags' in...
Counterculture
I've enjoyed almost all the books you have listed. As a boomer these were some of the voices we hungered for, breaths of fresh air, expressing our higher impulses. I know what you're getting at, and I wonder too, if there will be a rallying manifesto for this age. Or perhaps...
NY Literary Agency and the Rest of the Rats
They tried to scam me (NY Literary Agency). By now they've folded up their tent. I have a POD setup with Cafepress and use a Squidoo lens as a gateway site. I despaired of any more whoring around in the publishing world, being convinced that they...
Writing for Whom
I write to make myself laugh. I think appealing to an imagined audience is possible while staying true to one's own voice and impulses. Part of the challenge is to win and keep attention but trying to write for everyone is the worst mistake an author can make. It stultifies...
User Names
I got mine while driving a cab in Las Vegas. As described in 'Mystic Gypsy Mavericks, I quantumly appeared behind a stretch limo and an innebriated girl protruding through the moonroof declared, Rocketman!