My first novel has been published, Chicken Farmer, An American Fable. It's a work of gritty popular fiction about an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD and a young female on the White House staff who living la vida loca. Follow this link for more info.
John Irving says that if he were a young, unknown author today he might shoot himself. Very telling. As a not-so-young little known author, I took note of Irving's assessment of the difficulty in gaining readership in today's literary world. But I think he omits one great equalizer: the internet. With the advent of Createspace and Lulu, anyone can get published cheaply and offer their books for sale on Amazon. Then there is the internet through which a savvy writer may develop a readership. But the bottom line is still producing a good book. Junk never sells regardless of the technology employed. 11-7-09
Apparently this is a not a new rumor but one I just stumbled across: Rush Limbaugh is gay. See Link and Link. 9-21-09
Obama forced out a mid-level advisor because (before entering the Obama WH) the guy signed a petition questionning whether the Bush Administration intentionally allowed the 9-11 attacks to happen. Link. So now it is a major character flaw to question the official 9-11 story making said individual unfit to serve in government? Obama, I'm hugely disappointed in you. 9-6-09.
"Newt Gingrich -- with all his Boss Hogg gravitas -- prattled on FoxNews Sunday about the "recklessness" of Obama's foreign policy, while proclaiming we should attack North Korea with 'frickin' lasers." Firedoglake.com. I'm jealous. That's one of the most beautiful sentences of political prose I've ever read. Wish I would have wrote it. 4-6-2009.
Google’s Plan for Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged. I personally am all for Google publishing as many books as possible. The more free accessible knowledge available online the better. The existence of Google's vast online book collection found at Google Books has been an invaluable assistance to me in researching my own books. 4-5-2009.
