My brother would not want me to sit still and mourn. Or is that a selfish excuse to keep moving, keep fighting? Survivors’ guilt is a bitch, folks. It sinks in claws and never quite lets go, and makes us second-guess all our impulses. Anyhow, if I want to go anywhere in publishing fiction, it’s…
Read More A book coverI lost a brother yesterday morning in a terrible car accident. The usual problem with rural New Mexico roads: impaired people howling 80+ miles per hour down a two-mile slope, no brakes, just plowing into my brother who was only 300 feet from his house. My brother died instantly, or nearly. The kid who hit…
Read More A requiemI’m a big fan of Channel Awesome’s THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC, its host Doug Walker, and the show’s reviews of (often) older movies: it skewers commercial favorites, shines a light on forgotten classics, and generally advances media critiques in a way I only wish Goodreads & Amazon would allow for books. Doug Walker’s recent review of…
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