Beyond Dreams
One of the key moments in the life of a writer (painter, actor, athlete or President, if you like) is when they reach the limits of their dreams. In our dreams, we are everything we’d like to be, no limitations, … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: art
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – Go Now!
I usually don’t do back-to-back blogs anymore but I have to do this one: Go see ‘Searching for Sugar Man.’ If it’s not playing where you are yet, find out when it will – here’s the site with trailer. … Continue reading →
What Lies Beneath
Work on the ‘Mindbenders’ sequel is proceeding. I’m almost at the end of a good draft; the next several should proceed much more quickly (fingers crossed). I’m not an orderly storyteller. Stories come out of my subconscious in episodes and … Continue reading →
The Road That Takes You
Smitty told me the other night: the world is 3% sociopaths who run roughshod over the rest of us – everyone else just wants to be heard. This might not be an exact quote. Anyway, the thought speaks to me in … Continue reading →
A Good Story Isn’t a Pancake
You have to feel a story. It has to come from some impulse way down deep inside. One popular strain of advice for independent writers these days is: write a lot of books really fast. Then when a reader discovers … Continue reading →
Still Sherlock…
It’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday! He’s a sprightly 153! I’ve been watching the amazing ‘Sherlock’ on PBS lately and then went back to the first episode on Netflix last night. Smitty turned me on to the series … Continue reading →
Don’t Just Strike – Win!
Yesterday was very interesting. The early headlines focused on who WASN’T totally in the protest, like anyone expected Amazon or Facebook (or Google, for that matter) to actually shut down business for the day. But I think those stories actually … Continue reading →
Paint (and Write) from the Shoulders
This long weekend, I hope to spend some time at an exhibition of some early paintings by Richard Pousette-D’art. I studied painting with Richard for one semester at Sarah Lawrence. He was a hulking man in a smock coat who … Continue reading →
Grab It For All It’s Worth
It isn’t easy being happy. The older you are, the harder it gets. There’s no feeling happy without kicking up the dust of past disappointments, self-delusion, all the foolishness. The things that made you happy still do; the uncertain, … Continue reading →
It’s Time for More Beer!!
It’s time to renew the ‘Buy A Paperback-I Buy You a Beer’ Promotion! So, since I’m busy writing the second Mindbenders (and you haven’t read the FIRST one yet!), I’m just going to run it again! The Internet is supposed … Continue reading →