Storytellers Unplugged

SUBMIT — OR THE EDITOR IS ALWAYS RIGHT

Mort Castle

 Papal infallibilitty? Maybe so, maybe no, but if you are a beginning or journey(wo)man writer … The editor is always right. If the editor says, “We would like to publish your story but you have to change your protagonist, a circus midget who likes plaid, into a [...]

Today, as part of the ongoing saga of Sarah vs. her uterus, I went to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals for an ultrasound. They’ve been remodeling the hospital, and they’ve done it over in the same style I’ve seen for a lot of airports recently, or a seriously upscale shopping mall. The floors are hardwood [...]

This will be my last column for Storytellers, at least for the foreseeable future.  After one year of writing my monthly blog it felt like a good time to step back, especially with pressing familial concerns.

My biggest regret about Storytellers is that I never got to meet the other columnists and readers.  If there is [...]

Publisher’s Weekly had this to say about Khaled Hosseini’s internationally bestselling first novel, The Kite Runner: “Stunning . . . an incisive, perceptive examination of recent Afghan history. . . . It is rare that a book is at once so timely and of such high literary quality.” Now, certainly everyone reading this has either [...]

It’s like those loose grapes and strawberries rolling around in the back of the Veggie Crisper drawer.  If other people read your work, you’re bound to collect bits and pieces of critical advice whether you want it or not.  Some advice smells like chocolate pudding and some smells like old tuna.  I have a nasty [...]