Hey, just opened the mail and BAM! a totally unexpected royalty check from McFarland & Co., Inc., publishers of Into the Storm. I still can’t quit my day job, but this gift horse’s mouth will not be looked into. Especially on the day I have to pay bills.
These days, I mostly watch sports when the teevee is on. There are two shows, though, that I never miss: “Sons of Anarchy” and “Justified.” The reason? Story and characters. “Sons of Anarchy” was my hands-down favorite (and if push comes to shove, still is), but after a second season of “Justified,” I’m feeling pulled …
Picked up my first Twitter follower today: Litopia, “the web’s oldest independent writing community.” Tons of info that will probably take me days to get through, but pretty cool. If you’re a writer, they’re worth checking out.
Larry Brown is not for the faint-hearted or those who like happy endings or strong doses of reality. That’s probably why (a) you may have never heard of him and (b) Hollywood has yet to latch onto one of his novels. Because he was from Mississippi (Brown died of a heart attack in 2004, at …
Now that summer’s unofficially drawing to a close with an earthquake and a hurricane, the summer reading list is pretty much done. Don’t know why, but I decided this summer to read some of the great fiction of our time (“our” meaning the last 50-60 years or so). Maybe because Borders went out of business …
Phillip Thompson 