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“I’ll be speaking to you softly from a window in the Tower of Song” (L. Cohen)

Posted on by Thornton Sully
30
Oct

Good evening from Moscow!

Your Editor-in-Chief (moi, of course) will be secluded for the next five days in this castle just a few miles from the Towers that are A Word with You Press. Like another Leonard Cohen song:

Had to do time in the tower, beggin’ my crazy to quit.

Co-editor Derek Thompson will be posting stories for our contest until my escape, assisted by the loverly Candace and Bronwyn, our current interns.

Just want to remind you that each contestant is allowed three entries.  I would also like to ask all of you invite one friend to enter the contest so that our numbers swell in proportion to the ego of the editor-in-chief (already disclosed)…

The castle…might be the location of the writer’s retreat we are planning for this summer…just sayin.

And here are a few pics from our new city:

Maypole dancers at Moscow fair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pole cat dancers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polling your leg dancer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poligamist Dancers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poltergeist dancer going aloft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editor in chief at his usual polling place

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polish sausage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My prison for the next five days in the Moscow Hills.  I will hopefully be eating my words–oops!–curds– and having my whey!

 

 

Thornton Sully

Thornton Sully has Jack-Londoned his way across the globe sleeping with whatever country would have him, and picking up stray stories along the way. A litter of dog-eared passports that have taken up residence in his sock drawer are a constant temptation, but, as the founder in 2009 of A Word with You Press, dedicated to helping you tell your story persuasively and with passion, it’s not likely he will stray too far from the towers that are A Word with You Press, now located in the Bohemian village of Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic, except, perhaps, for an occasional swim in the Aegean. Authors who have sought his advice have won major awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Isabel Allende Miraposa Award for new fiction, and the Best Poetry Award from San Diego Writers' Awards. "I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." Thornton Sully, plagiarizing E.B. White

8 thoughts on ““I’ll be speaking to you softly from a window in the Tower of Song” (L. Cohen)”

  1. Michael Stang says:

    Shackles and chains go a long way towards curbing the spare tire. Ask if they have a room key to take care of that.

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  4. Tiffany Monique says:

    Now that we’ve established (again) that you are quite the vanilla nut. I can say that I miss you again, and promise to make another submission before the deadline. Where are my frickin’ postcards!? I gave you stamps for 20 postcards. I know you’re just trying to make me mad enough to go up there and get them my dang self. Enjoy your time in the tower!

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  8. elizabeth sloan says:

    I hope your time in the castle passes with ease, and you’re only a stone’s throw from coming down out of the tower and back to the streets of Moscow.

    Reply

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