I took a photo with my iPhone of a lane near where I live. Computer software, an app, did this to it. I wish I had this talent, among other talents I […]
Tweedly-dee, tweedly-dum
I intend to work this morning, but not until 4 loads of laundry are finished, some clothes and things are resorted in preparation for moving (again), and maybe a little trip to […]
I’ve been tagged
I don’t think I’ve been tagged before; if so, I must have missed it. Something about it feels odd, but also sort of flattering. Kate tagged me. Kate writes beautifully, and I […]
In days of yore
What is yore, anyway? Doing computer housekeeping today, cleaning out an abundance of photos, putting them on a storage desk; I need to store about 10,000 photos somewhere, because they are bogging […]
Blogging loses its flavor
Like chewing gum left on the bedpost overnight, blogging just isn’t the same in the morning, especially if the night has lasted damn near ten years! I suppose this is also true […]
Species of Feeling is now available!
My latest novel, Species of Feeling, is now available from B&b Books, in both paper and electronic formats. This is my 10th published novel, although spread over a writing life of more […]
You want to write?
This is my advice. There are two living writers of literary fiction you can learn from. If you have any literary ambitions and have not read everything these two have written, you […]
Why this blog is no longer “literary”
There is a lie in the name of this blog. While it remains random and a blog, it is rarely literary in any sense of the word. There are more political, travel, […]
Don’t get me started
No, I’m not going to engage in yet another rant about the flagrant dumbness and abject hypocrisy of most Republicans. Nor is this another tirade against the sad human propensity for clinging […]
A few of my favorite Buenos Aires photos
Of course. I was so very ready to leave Buenos Aires after 3 1/2 years; I dreamed of edible food, sidewalks not covered in shit and potholes and trash, restaurants that opened […]
About working in cafés and foreign languages
I write in cafés. I have written in cafés mostly for more than 25 years. One of my novels (The Common Bond) was dedicated to the three cafés where I wrote its […]
Buenos Aires International Book Fair : Reading
Last evening, 30 April, I read from my novel “Blossom” at the Buenos Aires Book Fair. It was my fourth appearance reading at this annual event, which is one of the largest […]
Random blogging: twits, selling thyself, digital/print, and many etceteras
I hope you will visit and enjoy the pretty at dusk old city picture on my author’s homepage. (It could be my favorite city: Bratislava.) It looks like this, and the link […]
A fine bassackwards compliment
A while back I sent the mss of “And It’s Only Love” to a publisher I know, wondering if she would like to publish it. She sent it to an in-house reader […]
Back to work!
A long time ago, still living in Southern California, so at least 25 years ago, I wrote a long short story (long because it’s about 6000 words) called, “Betty’s Game.” I don’t […]
Random Literary Blogging 