Category: Writing
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The Power of the Italian Journal of Agronomy
The Power of the Italian Journal of Agronomy comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the…
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Carpenter’s Union Called Him Captain Hook
Carpenter’s Union Called Him Captain Hook comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the environment and…
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Root River
Root River comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the environment and death, before and after…
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Glacier Graves
Glacier Graves comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the environment and death, before and after…
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Gilded by Greenwood
Gilded by Greenwood comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out last week as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the environment and death, before and…
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The Road — Cormac McCarthy’s Inferno
I have avoided reading McCarthy’s The Road since it came out in college predominately because, after reading All The Pretty Horses, I didn’t think I needed that kind of bleak post apocalypse in my mind. You remember what you want to forget and forget what you want to remember, after all. And frankly, knowing what…
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Greenwood’s Portcullis
Greenwood’s Portcullis comes from The Greenwood Poet, a book that came out today as part of my ongoing romance with doubling my years on odd years and then writing that many poems. I spent a couple of years, off and on, writing about the gothic fantastic and the environment and death, before and after COVID…
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Detective Writer Podcast
Sally at the Detective Writer podcast had me on to talk about the inspiration behind the sequel to Bell Hammers as well as my character Snatch who shows up in several short stories. We talked while a massive harvest moon loomed over the 46th street hill and our conversation spanned all manner of inspiration, praxis,…
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Alice’s Prayers
After she was cast back to Umbravia by the evil Duke Cattivo-Piede, for false entry into Leoht, Alice could never forget her first-and-always love Aldun. Since her return to her homeland, her only wish was to return to that land of silver flowers and sapphire moons. And the crystal blue eyes of Aldun. Every night…
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The Power of Rhyme
The following excerpt on THE POWER OF RHYME comes from our longtime contributor, Jeffrey Burghauser‘s new book entitled THE HEAVY LIFTING: A BOY’S GUIDE TO WRITING POETRY. It was provided graciously by his publisher: It doesn’t require any particular skill to throw balls into the air. To catch them, however, is a different story. Not…
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PROSODY
The following excerpt on PROSODY comes from our longtime contributor, Jeffrey Burghauser‘s new book entitled THE HEAVY LIFTING: A BOY’S GUIDE TO WRITING POETRY. It was provided graciously by his publisher: “PROSODY. Noun. \ ʹprä-sә-dē \ [a] The study of versification, especially the study of metrical structure. [b] A particular system, theory, or style of…
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Chat GPT Ethics, Uses, and Other Ai Ethics — Heliosphere
We gathered at Heliosphere this year for several panels and one included a talk on Chat GPT Ethics, Uses, and Other Ai Ethics. The talk featured Chris Kreuter, Renee Ritchie, and Elektra Hammond — so of course, I was out of my league trying to keep my head above water. We talked through all manner ethical…