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The Writer’s Gnaw — The Elusive Vole
I had a lovely essay completed and somehow it was lost. I used to get bent out of shape about that but I know that an asteroid is hurtling through space at our planet and with that as comfort I will redo the essay. I have a potpourri of things to say, associations and mental quiltwork to express. What has gotten my writing interest of late is The Optimist’s Rag, a parody of a self-help book that I am personally having fun with. I want it to be so dry and savage that one might mistakenly take it for the…
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Working On The Optimist’s Rag and Other Extraneous Matters
You may have noticed some gibberish when you came on site. All I know is that it is WordPress database error or that is what it says,. My son is on it. I haven’t the slightest clue as to what that means. When I go into the greasy compacted mossy mass of information provided by WordPress I am inundated with geekspeak. Clearly the digital age destroys by nature, apparently, the well-turned sentence. Clarity disappears altogether and what is “clear” only a geek can grasp. Wouldn’t it be loverly if instructions as to how to repair the above were as basic…
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A Reading At El Ojito
I gave a reading at Randy Ford’s cultural center in downtown Tucson. Sam Henrie, CEO of Wheatmark, a POD publishing house, attended to hear me read. If you want some feedback about Wheatmark comment at the end of this blog. Wheatmark has published both my books and I am exceedingly pleased with the quality of the paper, the cover stock and the font as well as the editing. My son did both covers and if you are interested in what he can do, write him at jdfreese@hotmail.com. Also in attendance was Malcolm Alexander, one other Poet, Curt (I didn’t get…
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TROGLODYTES SAY I TETRALOGY COVER IS A HATE CRIME
Randy Ford runs a cultural center and is a playwright out of Tucson. I gave a reading at El Ojito ( www.elojitosprings.com) of The i Tetralogy and Randy put a copy up for sale which was kind of him. And I thought that was the end of it. Apparently not. I urge you to visit http://thebrainpan.wordpress.com. When I came across the site I thought it was a review of the book by Randy. It is and it is not. The cover has swastikas on it and a Jewish star. The thought police did not like the swastikas. I will not tamper with Randy’s…