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Thomas Sullivan: BREAST-FED BRAINS vs. NOITANIGAMI

By Thomas Sullivan, on May 15th, 2012

Think back. Way back. Lying-in-your-bassinet back. What kind of formula were you raised on? No-no…I don’t mean breast milk/formula. I mean how was your life orchestrated? Dr. Spock baby? Schedules/organization/chaos/mommy-was-on-Valium? Meat and potatoes lifestyle? (Dunno…I’ve repressed all that)? The answer is very important to your imagination and creativity. No question, creativity can either be given [...]

The Invisible

By Gerard Houarner, on May 4th, 2012

This is a “reprint” of a “lost” post (you’ll notice on the list of my posts that there’s about a year’s worth of stuff that never made the transition to the new blog). Don’t know if the references are still available (for instance, Nick Kaufman’s post, but you should google him and check out [...]

Thomas Sullivan: SEGAMI RORRIM

By Thomas Sullivan, on January 15th, 2012

If something has to be kept secret, it must be true. Secrets are self-proving. Lies are loud and wear red hats, e.g. Santa Claus. Okay, I’m being a tad glib here. I do not mean that only secrets are true or that all red hats – i.e. loud proclamations — are lies (your red hat [...]

Thomas Sullivan: ANGELS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR

By Thomas Sullivan, on December 15th, 2011

There have been moments — bound in some way to a place or a period of time — that have taken my compassion to another level and made me a more complete writer. Such a time and place was a bitterly cold Christmas when I was living in an old men’s hotel filled with human [...]

Thomas Sullivan: HIGH WIRE WALKING ACROSS THE GRAND CANYON, IMAGINARY SHOELACES & AN ANNOUNCEMENT

By Thomas Sullivan, on November 15th, 2011

Happy to be able to offer a job – well, half a job – to any readers who are receptive to same. Here ‘tis. Q&A. You write the questions, I write the answers. Pay is just the same for both of us. Srsly. I am amazed at your feedback, touched by your sharing, daunted by [...]

Thomas Sullivan: FATE, DESTINY, SERENDIPITY, KARMA, KISMET AND STAR-CROSSED IRONIES & COINCIDENCES

By Thomas Sullivan, on October 15th, 2011

As one control freak to another… Uh-oh, way to go, Sully. You’ve alienated your entire readership already. But the essential thing about being human – about being anything with a pulse and choices – is trying to control one’s living conditions to make them beneficial to one’s self, isn’t it? AKA survival. Like I was [...]

Words count

By Bev Vincent, on September 17th, 2011

If you’ve ever read an author’s blog for any length of time, or followed his or her Facebook feed, you will no doubt be familiar with the tradition of posting sporadic or daily word counts. It is, perhaps, the only metric that writers have available to measure our productivity.

My favorite anecdote comes via Stephen King [...]

Thomas Sullivan: SEX & ROMANCE, BORING BINGES, and WHY MOSQUITOES SHOULDN’T HAVE GUN PERMITS

By Thomas Sullivan, on September 15th, 2011

The Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition hisself – Torquemada – has nothin’ on you guys! What a bonanza of questions and comments came in from around the globe last month in response to the Q. & A. format. Probing, intelligent, deep and even beastly stuff – and damn near Truth or Dare. You’re having [...]

Thomas Sullivan: PANNING GOLD, FREEDOM, & THE GREAT SHOPPING CART FIASCO

By Thomas Sullivan, on August 15th, 2011

Help…I have locked myself in the bathroom with a loaded pistol and I don’t know how much time I have left before I pull the trigger. I know this is where I have to be now. It’s a desperate move, but I am desperate. I saw the mosquito fly in here, and if I don’t [...]

Thomas Sullivan: FINDING WOR(L)DS

By Thomas Sullivan, on July 15th, 2011

Hey, you want to bug out with me? You know, ditch this horrible, awful agony of trying to create characters, plots and settings? I’ll tell you a secret. When your imagination goes stale, you don’t have to put it to bed until it recovers. In fact, that may be the worst – and certainly the [...]

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