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Guttersnipe

Just a critter in the Gutter.

Interview With a Writer

Romance readers go through a lot of books.  We’re somewhat spoiled by Nora Roberts’s amazing ability to produce five or six new novels every year.  She’s an outlier, of course, but Romance readers are voracious, and very vocal about delays.  Publishers have learned to recognize and even harness […]

Soldier of Cinema

It has always been my long held contention that cinema–while being a medium of mass entertainment–can also be a powerful art form that can illuminate, inspire and ultimately change the world we live in. One artist that worked in the mediums of photography and film making that truly […]

Second Place Ain’t Second Best

Previously, I wrote a column about Meredith Duran, who got her start in publishing when her first novel, the astonishingly good Duke of Shadows, won the Gather.com First Chapters Romance Writing Competition. I liked the interesting and collaborative nature of the online contest. Entrants posted their first chapters […]

I Double Dog Dare You

Last month I wrote about Jackass as a cultural project, but what I initially intended to write about was how I feel just a little bit better about myself and the world after watching it. And no, it’s not because they’re all more of a jackass than I […]