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If you are offended by this photo of me running naked with an ax in the tide, I wish to apologize. At the time the police snapped it I honestly thought I was on a nude beach. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the oceanfront view for the Sisters O...
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Playwright, Puppeteer, Instructor at Habanero City Academy of Puppet Science
- Do You Have A Website?
- No. Typewriters are fairly limited.
- About Me:
- Hobbies: Two or three times a year, I fly to Tierra del Fuego and dynamite fish in the Strait of Magellan. For about six dollars, you can hire a couple of whores to bite off their heads and cook 'em up.
I'm a retired crop duster. In the early seventies, I found it necessary to leave the U.S. for tax purposes. The government alleged I'd never paid any. That colossal oversight forced me to begin a new life south of the border using the name "Snooks Ramone" and living on cash I'd buried in the backyard. Later, I returned to Texas, settled my score with Uncle Sam, and read lots of books while incarcerated for five years. Now, I'm deeply involved in writing. Most recently, I completed a thirteen act stageplay called "Pull My Finger, Heinrich", a look at the mischievous side of Adolph Hitler.
- Favorite Books:
- ATLANTA NIGHTS - Travis Tea
BLOOD MERIDIAN - Cormac McCarthy
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY - John Irving
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - Cormac McCarthy
AMPHIGOREY - Edward Gorey
Recently:
THE ENGLISH MAJOR - JIM HARRISON
THE WHITE TIGER - ARAVIND ADIGA
FLANNERY - BRAD GOOCH (great bio. of Flannery O'Connor)
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Booked Up in Archer City, TX. It's actually four big stores scattered around the tiny town's square. Quality, hard to find books at somewhat reasonable prices.
Three Dog Books is in Archer City also. Nice folks, nice selection.
(Archer City is just south of Wichita Falls, TX, which is two hours from everywhere.)
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Forgive This Full Frontal Nudity
If you are offended by this photo of me running naked with an ax in the tide, I wish to apologize. At the time the police snapped it I honestly thought I was on a nude beach. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the oceanfront view for the Sisters Of St. Vidas Convent. The ax was for chopping driftwood. No fair zooming in on the good stuff!
Posted on April 18, 2009 at 12:30pm —
ANYBODY KNOW WHERE I CAN GET SOME RINGTONES?
Just asking....
Posted on March 28, 2009 at 2:18pm — 2 Comments
Clean shirt, new shoes, and I dont know where I am goin to. Silk suit, black tie, I dont need a reason why.
SEE THE VIDEO!!!
Posted on November 13, 2007 at 9:51pm —
Mose Alison on NPR
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Make yourself a pitcher of Hemmingway daiquiris and hear bluesman Mose Alison, the Wm. Faulkner of the Blues, on NPR Sunday night, July 15.
Make yourself a pitcher of Hemmingway daiquiris and hear bluesman Mose Alison, the Wm. Faulkner of the Blues, on NPR Sunday night, July 15.
Posted on July 15, 2007 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
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If you've done the Riverwalk in San Antonio, AGUA MIERDA is a must. The Trinity River rushes through Dallas, Texas and on to Caracas, Venezuela at two thousand feet per minute and most people don't know it's only thirty-two feet shorter than the Amazon River.
AGUA MIERDA is a casual after dark meeting of friends located on the banks of the Trinity River in scenic West Dallas. And talk about laid back. Here I sit with my feet on an Igloo cooler, counting bodies floating by with a spotli… Continue
AGUA MIERDA is a casual after dark meeting of friends located on the banks of the Trinity River in scenic West Dallas. And talk about laid back. Here I sit with my feet on an Igloo cooler, counting bodies floating by with a spotli… Continue
Posted on July 14, 2007 at 9:41pm —
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Slides, Anyone?
I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?
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?
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I had a successful book signing at the Waldenbooks in Cumberland MD, which the manager described as “a little off the beaten path.” She gambled and ordered a big stack of The Troubleshooter in hard cover, and they all sold.
Also, my guest shot on...
This morning, I received a copy of Tilly's Tale, that I'd ordered as soon as the book became available in the UK. I always like to test out the delivery service when I have a new book released.
Well, I have to say the quality of book simply amazed...
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I buried my money in the desert, near the Mandalay Bay Hotel, behind the Starbucks. This way, I can always find it, and whenever I plan to escape I always have to get a cup of java first, and then I'll have a few bucks to see a great Vegas show. No one would ever suspect anything unusual since I'm always there, and it is in line with Poe's logic who says the best place to hide a valuable is in plain sight ("The Purloined Letter").
Thank you for being my friend.
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