These are posts which we think are important and not to be missed – highlights from all the other posts we get each week.
Oh Literati! While I was awol, I completed the rework of a novel that will be published in hard copy by mid October. I will put it up a chapter at a time, for no other purpose than to entertain. we are writers. That is what we do. Not up for critique (other than lavish […]
Ed Coonce, authority on all activities germinating from East Hell Blvd (he has his own Department on the menu bar, where you will see his stories begin to accumulate) has decided to dispense with an introduction and finger The Miracle at the Braille Movie Library. You can also find Ed, pictured hear practicing ventriloquism for […]
Bruce Fischer was born into the printing world having grown up in the back of a newspaper printing plant in Phoenix, Arizona. He has written over 50 cookbooks, a dozen children’s books and business book series. In his previous life in the desert he was responsible for the sales of 4 million books to the […]
“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” ― J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird Kia Ora! Parle vous Kiwi? Cute furry fruit. Too bad it doesn’t fly. Ahhhh,,,,,,but it Does have wings. When I was ten, my […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, and those of you who struggle to perceive yourself as inhabitants of either of these categories, Welcome back! (Actually, welcome for the first time to the) A Word with You Press First Annual Site ReBoot(y) Rumours of my demise have been greatly appreciated. I had a little trouble getting it up […]
Hi all, I’m Derek Thompson – the projects guy who works at a distance. But enough of my aloofness. I’m a writer and editor. I wrote a whole bunch of stuff – short and long fiction, for adults and children; magazine pieces and the occasional column; comedy material for cards, print, web, radio and live […]
Ruthie Joyce Special Assistant to Wuss n Boots: Ruthie (created in Ireland, dragged up in England) had been doodling for quite some time when she encountered Wuss ‘n Boots in 1998. She was only 11, and she found them quite odd. They have been inseparable ever since, and now from her base in London Ruthie […]
Mr. Sully, this here’s Granny and that lazy, no good cowboy and his worthless friend, Catlow, is gone fishin’ again. Funny thing about that is about the time they disappeared, so did Charlene Bottoms. You remember her don’t you? She’s the ol’ gal they named the bar out on North Bell Street after – you […]
A hush falls over the room, and our inner caveman dares to venture outside the circle of firelight to gaze open-mouthed when Fate smiles. For she speaks to us in capital letters, no matter what name we call her: Serendipity, Lady Luck, or perhaps Divine Intervention. A thousand horrible little misfortunes may assail us with […]
Rochelle Germany..yes, that is her real last name…no she is not German, has always dreamed of being a nerd. As a child she purposely failed vision tests in unsuccessful attempt to be prescribed glasses. She wasted rolls of aluminum foil making home made braces and still, much to her chagrin, became a jock (nurture over […]
My dear friend Brian Meredith thought perhaps we could amuse ourselves imagining being ponied up with our favorite author in their favorite pub. Here is a collection of pubs that have lubricated some of the best literature in history. http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/01/09/literary_watering_holes And here is one I’d like to add to the list, “Pop” on Unterestrasse, in […]
Yes, it’s true. This week the story is entirely autobiographical. Wuss and I are like twins seperated at birth, except those few key major differences. He is 13, I am 24. He is furry, I am (god be praised) not. But we are two peas in a pod he and I. And I would like […]