Author Archives: Rusty

News of the Land

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Rusty

So yeah. About that nov­el. As many of mine do, this one topped out at 56K. I have not been able to hit the mag­i­cal 80K-and-read­­i­­ly-agentable mark in some time, so it's like­ly, with edits and addi­tions I have yet … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Posted on April 10, 2020 by Rusty

Tonight felt sat­is­fac­to­ry. It wasn't a big fat adren­a­line dump like last night's writ­ing, but it went well. I could have writ­ten more, but I didn't want to leave it all in the page and flat-out exhaust myself either. A … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Posted on April 9, 2020 by Rusty

On nights like this, there isn't much to say. Heather had half the day off so after mend­ing fences from last night in the ear­li­er part of her shift and because of being on the phone near-con­s­tan­t­­ly in our new … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Posted on April 8, 2020 by Rusty

Not a good night. Rough on the fam­i­ly, rough on me with John Prine dying, just pan­dem­ic close­ness rub­bing every­body, well me, the wrong way. I didn't, couldn't write last night, and I'm in a shit­ty mood, so I'm count­ing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Posted on April 6, 2020 by Rusty

Tonight was a come­down. I had lots of time over the week­end and took advan­tage of it, and tonight–not so much. Heather and the kids are sewing masks for fam­i­ly and friends so there are duel­ing sewing machines on either … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Posted on April 5, 2020 by Rusty

Hel­lo. One of the things you'll notice that's con­sis­tent about this blog is its incon­sis­ten­cy. A new year or a mile­stone hits and I'm eager to blog it and talk to the world, most of which I've been doing late­ly … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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News Items Various and Sundry

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Rusty

So it’s been some time since I updat­ed. It’s been a hell of a year. My health went to hell in a hand-bas­ket, and I wrote a ton of poems as a result. I read many books, and bought many … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Hello Again

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Rusty

I promised to post more dur­ing this peri­od of time, but…stuff got away from me. On the pub­lish­ing news front, I've man­aged to place poems in four jour­nals over these last few months, Plumb, Ginosko, BEAT to a PULP amd … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Rusty

I pledge to post a lit­tle more, which means I have to have news to share or per­ti­nent info. You can find two recent sto­ries, one in Goli­ad Review, a long sto­ry I'm par­tic­u­lar­ly proud of at 9000 words, and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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In the House of Wilderness, by Charles Dodd White: Q&A

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Rusty

What were the orig­i­nat­ing images in this nov­el? I imag­ined as I was read­ing it had to be the open­ing eight pages, where you set up the con­flict beau­ti­ful­ly, but I'm pre­pared to be wrong, as you could have writ­ten … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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