In a post awhile back I offered my lament-in-the-wilderness that recent Western fiction is marked by a sadly fashionable dearth of emotion. Now there’s proof—mathematical proof: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/03/books-are-becoming-less-and-less-emotional/63361/ What’s to be done? Return to writing all sloppy and drippy and sentimental? Revisit those thrilling years of purple prose? Naw. Not that, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Everywhere a Sign
Wherever I go, I make a habit of snapping photos of signs that catch my eye. Having a pocket camera handy allows me to grab opportunities as they appear. For me signs can be interesting in themselves—low art that sometimes rises above its station. They often serve also as markers … Continue reading
Happy St. Paddy’s Day
Took a trip down to Tucson this weekend and spent a great morning at the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and festival. As always, it was all about the people. If you throw a party like this in any town, where there’s music and beer-drinking at ten in the morning, … Continue reading
New Novel Out: Tangled Weave
For my birthday I celebrated by uploading my third novel, Tangled Weave, onto Kindle Books, for your amusement and possible edification. Please consider checking out a sample on the Amazon website. Tangled Weave is a comic detective novel I wrote more than twenty years ago, when I was ensconced for … Continue reading
Street Stories
Beggars challenge the conscience. To give or not? It’s so easy to pass these folks by, stifling compassion or embracing vague (and for some, open) disgust. How did they get here? Do they really survive coin by coin? How is that possible? Some in the stiff-hearted camp say many aren’t … Continue reading