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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 [...]
By Carole Lanham, on May 2nd, 2012
Last month, I went hiking off into the desert and completely forgot what day it was. By the time I realized I’d missed my April Storyteller’s post, I was a good fifty feet into the black depths of a dusty mine and at least thirty or more miles from the spot where the last lone [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on April 15th, 2012
Well, actually the Motel 6 was a Best Western War Bonnet Inn, but that makes the title of this essay too long. In any case, that’s where I was the night a pet theory of mine was severely wounded if not shot through the heart. See, it was my belief that listening to radio as [...]
By Gerard Houarner, on April 4th, 2012
Last month I did something I usually try to avoid – look for reviews online. It’s one of those “be careful what you wish for” exercises I regret more often than I find satisfying. I did find a nice quote from a review of a story published in a U.K anthology, Blind Swimmer:
There are writers [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on March 15th, 2012
Wazzup, World? Goin’ for the jugular here. This month’s column is gonna lay out the case for: What You Should Spend Your Hard-Earned Moolah and Precious Time Reading. Too glib? Okay…rephrase. This month’s column is: A Discussion of the Best and Worst Genres. Too blunt? No problem…upgrade to: A Polemic on the “A Priori” Attributes [...]
By Bev Vincent, on February 17th, 2012
I’m not sure I’ve ever been this busy before. At least as far as writing is concerned. I have a major deadline coming up in about 6 weeks and I’ve got the nose to the grindstone, working every waking hour, to get this book done on schedule. It’s fun, but it’s hard. There are distractions. [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on February 15th, 2012
Like some infamous interrogation room, the designation “Q&A” is starting to take on the ring of doom for me. I know I’ve been weaseling away from my prior commitment to use that format, but please do not doubt that I am exceedingly grateful for your questions and your interest. No one could have more sensitive [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Gerard Houarner, on December 4th, 2011
Yes, we’re all busy. All the time, it seems. There are bills to pay, responsibilities to meet, places we have to be and things we must do.
“Modern” life and its freedoms have their pressures. Choices come with consequences. The consequences, frankly, are not as dire as those that come [...]
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