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Smashwords Winter/Summer Sale
During the month of July, Smashwords.com is having a site-wide promotion. For the southern hemisphere, it’s the Winter Sale; for those of us in the north, it’s the Summer Sale. My titles are available for free using coupon code SW100. … Continue reading
The Art of the Novella: Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
Originally published in 1957, Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day is considered one of the twentieth century’s finest works of fiction. It chronicles a single day in the life of one Tommy Wilhelm, a failed middle-aged actor, living on a precipice. … Continue reading
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Gifts
Part 1: This essay was originally published three years ago in Seeker Magazine. When I began writing it, my only intent was to document a family story that was going to be forever lost due to the passage of time. … Continue reading
Into the Abyss
When Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City was published in 1984, it took the publishing world by storm and ushered in a new era of edgy young writers. Bright Lights, Big City chronicles the emotional, psychological, and spiritual downward spiral … Continue reading
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Hangover Theory of Economics
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy– they smashed up things and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had … Continue reading