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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Atop an Ant Hill
Brief update. As you can guess, things are busy with my manuscript. At press time I am about 2,000 words from hitting 80,000, though the ending isn’t quite there yet. And that’s okay. As soon as I finish, I’ll write … Continue reading
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Whore: New Fiction from Cesar Torres
Hey, rubies. It was time for a fiction update. As you know, I’m not shy about pushing my fiction onto the reader, and I’d like to be able to provide you with the latest of my writing, if you so … Continue reading
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Excerpt from the novel ‘Carapace’ by Cesar Torres
Cesar Torres Copyright, 2008 August 11, 1989 Andrana’s stomach wound tight like a ball of twine, and she fought the wave of queasiness at the back of her throat. She swallowed thick spit, and she tasted bitterness from the coffee … Continue reading
Excerpt from ‘Hybridae’ by Cesar Torres (in The Willows Magazine)
Cesar Torres Copyright, 2008 Purchase the October/November issue of The Willows, which contains the full story “Hybridae.” August, 1899 The train came to a full stop. The station sign beyond the window read “Ciudad de Mexico.” Harvey De Castille picked … Continue reading
‘I Know I Can Do It Better’
There’s much writing ahead of us this weekend, for me and you. NaNo’s deadline is so close you can taste the victory. November 30 looms. So, this weekend will be dedicated to lots of writing, which is not a bad … Continue reading
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Chicago, ‘The Great American City’
John Scalzi has characterized Chicago just right. I love this city, and I love writing about it. Those of you who know this hulking city in its modern form may see it as the glossy home to Barack Obama, Smashing … Continue reading
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So Good It Hurts
The harsh truth is, most writers, both those aspiring to be published, and many with inky bylines, have day jobs. I have a day job. It’s a day job I enjoy a lot. This week we’re trying out some more … Continue reading
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Why You Should Eat Winter Kale and Read Roberto Bolaño
The novelist Roberto Bolaño’s posthumous novel “2666″ is out now. I too, wonder if Roberto Bolaño is a genius. A dead one, of course. He’s passed away. His writing is all at once satyrical, hallucinatory, language rich, fantastical, menacing and … Continue reading
Slicing like a knife through flesh!
66,978 Words completed 13, 022 Words to go. Wrote about 700 words on Sunday, and close to 1,200 today. The end cometh, hopefully coinciding with stuffing my face full of turkey and pumpkin pie. I’ll be the first to tell … Continue reading
A Correspondent’s Prop 8 Protest Report
This was sent to me by Tim, during his visit to San Francisco. See? I find all the clever ways to tie my posts back to books, kiddies. Brings new meaning to Dumbledore’s Army, huh? AND DON’T BE COMPLACENT. JUST … Continue reading
