“It is sufficiently honourable and glorious to have been willing to make the attempt, though it should prove unsuccessful.”
Pliny the Elder
Compromise.
It’s an ugly word, one not found in my vocabulary. Honestly, I utter it so rarely I actually had to look it up just now to find out if there was an “i” [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Posted in Books, Essays and Non Fiction, Literature, Opinions and Rants, Reading, literary, publishing, writing, tagged So Dark the Night, Mediabistro, Pliny the Elder, Orson Welles, compromise, creative freedom, Tool, Radiohead, Ani DiFranco, Trent Reznor, Poets & Writers magazine, editors, literary agents, Peter Watts, Stanley Kubrick, Jean-Luc Godard, MGM, Senses of Cinema, podcast on April 29, 2008 | 12 Comments »
“Winter Light” (Short film)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abstract, art, collaboration, Garageband, Imovie, light, shadow, short film on April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My wife Sherron and I have collaborated on a short film, a “visual essay”, if you will. It’s abstract and non-narrative, a sparse vision shot in the heart of a Canadian winter. I’m astonished at the technology available for budding filmmakers–filmed with a DV camera, edited in iMovie, music created with Garageband.
Have a [...]
Mediabistro, Redroom and Ominous Rumbles From Publishing Central
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged best seller, Canadian culture, censorship, e-books, freedom of speech, intimidation, litigation, Mediabistro, publishing, Redroom on April 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Okay, here’s the situation:
You know I don’t like publishers, I’ve pulled no punches on that front. You’ve read the blog, maybe zipped over to my Redroom author site, seen what I have to say there. A lot of it isn’t nice but all of it is true.
Every…goddamned…word.
Some people don’t like that. One [...]
Living Without Heroes
Posted in Achilles, Afghanistan, Agamemnon, Alexander the Great, Andrew Morton, Apollo 11, Boadicea, Buzz Aldrin, Caesar, Conn Iggulden, Davey Crockett, Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Kitty Kelley, Leonidas, Lewis and Clark, Marcus Aurelius, Martin Luther King, Michael Curtis Ford, Neil Armstrong, Robert Graves, Stephen Pressfield, Stephen Spender, Tennyson, Xenophon, heroes, historical fiction, pioneers on April 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
“I think continually of those who were truly great–
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.”
-Stephen Spender
I don’t have heroes any more. Not really. When I was growing up there were certain sports stars I revered and as a six year old I [...]
A Message From The Management
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged promotion, publicity, readers, Redroom.com, So Dark the Night, Thank you, vindication on April 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Thank you.
What else can I say?
Posting my novel So Dark the Night on this site was, as I’ve stated all along, an act of raw desperation. Sixty-five fucking idiot editors and even more literary agents took a pass on this novel, would not give it even two minutes of their priceless time. The only courtesy [...]
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