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I've written some new things here lately of which I am very proud.
The Fugitives for blog
I felt clouded with doubts when we first drove down the long entranceway to the campground where we intended to live. Can I adjust to living like this, surrounded by RVs, tents and trailers? Won’t it feel like being on d...
My hands are learning you.
All my life they have been open
like questions, asking,
“Who will fit here, will she be this way,
or this way?”
They extend and caress an invisible presence.
Then you slid between them;
at first they were surprised.
“Thi...
Look around you:
look at the people, so driven, driven
by a force
relentless as gravity
inescapable as day and night, life and death.
The power that winds us and grinds us,
makes us crazy is the hunger for love,
the search for love, the absence of...
Listen carefully.
If you have held a child in your lap,
tenderly, warmly, feeling yourself flow
into your child, feeling yourself melt
into your child,
that is how you, too, are being held, always.
Your child also holds another child,
a future chi...
Fox and I met in 1999 by a flukish accident. At the time I was
single, and not liking it. I had taken up the habit of visiting
online singles websites. We all know that the internet dating world is a mad farcical gallery, a circus sideshow of fant...
Profile Information
- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I'm an author. I'm posthumously famous for my works, "Why I'm Not
Famous" and "Why I'll Be Famous After I'm Dead". Things have really
picked up since my demise, I've done the best writing of my....um..life,
okay okay, I'm not dead. But it's true I've been doing the best writing of
my life. I write literary fiction, funny non-fiction, mock email spams and LOTS of poetry.
- Do You Have A Website?
- www.artsdigitalphoto.com I'm a published photographer working with
Shutterbug Magazine
http://morganmandelbooks.ning.com/profile/ArtRosch
www.blogofascination.com
- About Me:
- I'm into photography, astronomy, music...I just call myself
a dedicated artist, and leave it at that. Five years ago my wife and I got out of the house, bought a 38 foot motorhome and have enjoyed every minute of our new lifestyle. Wish we had done it a decade ago. Cut our overhead by
two thirds, live in a campground near the Napa wineries and have a great
community.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://www.blogofascination.blogspot.com
- Favorite Books:
- Rising Up And Rising Down, William T. Vollmann, all Don Delillo books, sci fi by Iain Banks and all the old school sci fi people like Jack Vance.
I read political and historical non fiction and am always looking for new
writers to admire. My agent-at-the-time compared one of my books to a Philip Roth book.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- I'm stumped on that one. If I need a used book I go to
Amazon online.
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The Fugitives, A Dog Rescue Story (from "Green Highway")
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I felt clouded with doubts when we first drove down the long entranceway to the campground where we intended to live. Can I adjust to living like this, surrounded by RVs, tents and trailers? Won’t it feel like being on display, every time we want to go outside and sit in o… Continue
Posted on April 18, 2009 at 6:30pm —
The Fox
My hands are learning you.
All my life they have been open
like questions, asking,
“Who will fit here, will she be this way,
or this way?”
They extend and caress an invisible presence.
Then you slid between them;
at first they were surprised.
“This is not what we expected”, they said,
“we held ourselves here, where there was nothing,
and we learned to stroke the silky smoothness of nothing,
and became stubborn waiting for nothing.”
But you pulled my hands into yourself,
and the questions were… Continue
All my life they have been open
like questions, asking,
“Who will fit here, will she be this way,
or this way?”
They extend and caress an invisible presence.
Then you slid between them;
at first they were surprised.
“This is not what we expected”, they said,
“we held ourselves here, where there was nothing,
and we learned to stroke the silky smoothness of nothing,
and became stubborn waiting for nothing.”
But you pulled my hands into yourself,
and the questions were… Continue
Posted on April 15, 2009 at 12:32pm — 2 Comments
Look: A Love Poem
Look around you:
look at the people, so driven, driven
by a force
relentless as gravity
inescapable as day and night, life and death.
The power that winds us and grinds us,
makes us crazy is the hunger for love,
the search for love, the absence of love,
the loss of love.
Its effects are everywhere,
visible and invisible,
pervasive;
in this landscape of loss
and loneliness
the search grips everyone
obsessive as a drug hunger
so intrusive and demanding
that we are not even aware
as it seeps int… Continue
look at the people, so driven, driven
by a force
relentless as gravity
inescapable as day and night, life and death.
The power that winds us and grinds us,
makes us crazy is the hunger for love,
the search for love, the absence of love,
the loss of love.
Its effects are everywhere,
visible and invisible,
pervasive;
in this landscape of loss
and loneliness
the search grips everyone
obsessive as a drug hunger
so intrusive and demanding
that we are not even aware
as it seeps int… Continue
Posted on April 7, 2009 at 2:18pm —
Poem: The Buddha's Whisper
Listen carefully.
If you have held a child in your lap,
tenderly, warmly, feeling yourself flow
into your child, feeling yourself melt
into your child,
that is how you, too, are being held, always.
Your child also holds another child,
a future child who is eternally present,
in his or her lap.
And that child holds a being,
living, evolving, eternally present,
in his or her lap.
And what holds you in its lap
is being held by something greater,
warmly, tenderly, and that too
is being held by so… Continue
If you have held a child in your lap,
tenderly, warmly, feeling yourself flow
into your child, feeling yourself melt
into your child,
that is how you, too, are being held, always.
Your child also holds another child,
a future child who is eternally present,
in his or her lap.
And that child holds a being,
living, evolving, eternally present,
in his or her lap.
And what holds you in its lap
is being held by something greater,
warmly, tenderly, and that too
is being held by so… Continue
Posted on March 30, 2009 at 9:00pm —
How I Met My Soul Mate: From "Green Highway--Living a good life in a changing America"
Fox and I met in 1999 by a flukish accident. At the time I was
single, and not liking it. I had taken up the habit of visiting
online singles websites. We all know that the internet dating world is a mad farcical gallery, a circus sideshow of fantasy and bad judgment. We do it anyway; it’s like eating fudge. After the first piece it’s disgusting but there’s no
way to stop until it’s either gone or you begin to go into diabetic coma.
I was addicted to reading ads, scanning descriptions, viewing
p… Continue
single, and not liking it. I had taken up the habit of visiting
online singles websites. We all know that the internet dating world is a mad farcical gallery, a circus sideshow of fantasy and bad judgment. We do it anyway; it’s like eating fudge. After the first piece it’s disgusting but there’s no
way to stop until it’s either gone or you begin to go into diabetic coma.
I was addicted to reading ads, scanning descriptions, viewing
p… Continue
Posted on March 24, 2009 at 9:14pm —
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 5:05pm on October 12, 2009,
Preetham Grandhi said…
- Hi Art, I want to introduce you to my debut novel "A Circle of souls" which is a murder, mystery, psychological thriller and a tale of justice and hope. Do visit www.acircleofsouls.com to read more about the book. Make sure you sign up to win an autographed copy of the book. You can also read more reviews by clicking on the More Reviews button at the website. Thanks for your time in advance.
Best regards
Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
- At 3:09pm on May 3, 2009,
Rosemary Poole-Carter said…
- Yes, you are one of a kind--or perhaps a Renaissance man, both poet and artist. Happy creating!
- At 7:30am on February 14, 2009,
Margot Justes said…
- Hi Art,
I agree with you-quality is my pick as well.
Margot Justes
mjustes@earthlink.net
- At 9:10pm on February 11, 2009,
Morgan Mandel said… - Hi Art,
Welcome to Book Place.
Have a wonderful time & tell a few friends to come on over.
Morgan Mandel
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A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
Things People Say and Do at Book Signings
Saturday was a Killer Career book signing at Barnes and Noble in Schaumburg. I just love the way they do their posters, by the way. Very professional looking.
It was 70 degrees outside, which is an unusual temperature for November. Needless to say, not everyone wanted to waste such a beautiful day by pending it inside a book shop.
The usual assortment of customers did come by, some asking me questions about how long it took to write my book, how I got started, and how many books I'd written.
Some said they'd never heard of me. I've heard that one before. (g)
What was surprising is that three children, not at the same time or with the same party, asked for my autograph - two on the back of bookmarks, one on a slip of paper. That usually doesn't happen. Maybe it's the economy. I don't know if their parents put them up to it, or if they thought of it themselves.
One person asked about my book and then said she doesn't buy from Barnes and Noble, but online instead. Since she was in the store, I can only assume she was scouting there for books first. I don't know.
Oh, yes, a variation on the restroom question was, "Where are the dictionaries?"
Another took the time to show me some missing pages in one of the magazines.
What about you? What questions have people asked you at book signings? Anything that stood out at a book signing you'd like to share?
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