Uncomplicated Redefinition
I had the idea of painting a 12” x 9” November journal drawing onto a 50” x 32” canvas, but when the morning to paint came and I studied what had been a fun and meditative drawing, I found myself … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Writing
Free Akard, Soul Institute, and Twenty Steps: December 25-January 1
My titles will participate in the Smashwords’ 2017 End of Year sale. All three will be free from December 25 to January 1. You can download the titles in numerous formats including EPUB, mobi (Kindle), PDF, and more. Akard Drearstone … Continue reading →
The Akard Drearstone Mass Market Paperback: A Photo Essay
It arrived in the mail the other day and once again, a cinder block falls on Akard Drearstone’s head and leads to an alternate 1975 history of rock music as seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old girl. Regular 6” … Continue reading →
I’ll Write Your Book Blurbs, or, When Lilith’s Beloved Kentucky Horse Farm Goes into Bankruptcy …
Writers know how difficult it can be to come up with a decent book blurb. How can we possibly distill our novel’s entire universe into one attention-grabbing slab of marketingese? The good news is that now you can just blow … Continue reading →
Akard Drearstone – The Blog Post, Part III: How the Songs Came About
The idea for Akard Drearstone came as I idly examined two sheets of blank square pink paper at my hated insurance job in August 1975. In a burst of inexplicable high energy it occurred to me to make these into … Continue reading →
Akard Drearstone – The Blog Post, Part II: The Akard Genealogy
Aside from a couple early practice novels, Akard Drearstone was my first real novel and my attachment to it has been deep. Was gestation to publication really forty-two years? Well, this novel has been on my mind since 1975; in … Continue reading →
Akard Drearstone – The Blog Post, Part I: Publication at Last
A cinder block falls on Akard Drearstone’s head and he trades his print shop job for lead guitar. Months later, as the four members of the Akard Drearstone Group face the onslaught of national fame at their rural Texas commune, … Continue reading →
Amid Work on Three Karmic Novels
I’ve finished good drafts of the Three Legacy Novels outlined in the June 18 blog post. The question was: could I make the older manuscripts of Jump Grenade, Akard Drearstone, and Sortmind into fully modern, high quality expressions? Was there … Continue reading →
Free Soul Institute! Free Twenty Steps! Through July 31
The eBook versions of my flagship literary novel The Soul Institute and my science fiction novella The First Twenty Steps can be had for free from Smashwords through the end of July. The Soul Institute Himal Steina realizes his dream … Continue reading →
Three Legacy Novels
Why should writers’ blogs, including my own, continue to spout, in glorious marketing-ese dialect, a sort of Chamber of Commerce civic boosterism about our stunning writing careers and our usually boring buy-my-book blurbs? Why should I post as if everything … Continue reading →