David Bowie never stopped. He was an artist in the sense that he couldn’t shut it off, in that every single thing he did was bathed in multiple levels of meaning. He was David Jones. Who created David Bowie. Who created Ziggy Stardust and Major Tom and Alladin Sane and The Thin White Duke. He […]
En francais, dude
I’m not so ambivalent about reviews now, not with the French version of my book, at least. Because the book is old and the reviews aren’t going to drive me so crazy. And so here’s the first review (that I know of) and it’s good! If not great. And speaking of Attends-moi, I’ll be at […]
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Tagged Attends-Moi, Montreal, reviews, Salon du Livre, through the door
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Because There is Always More Stuff
I’ve decided to add some stuff to Medium. Like I’m not content to post stuff to ello, I’m going to post excerpts from the novel-to-be to Medium as well. I must be silly. No sillier than the unbelievably awful and low-point-in-recent-Canadian-history silly Canadian election campaign. But still silly. How silly? This silly: Of course, I’m […]
More Twitter!
I still get interviewed about Twitter. It’s an odd thing, really, I mean most days Twitter feels like it’s on the outs, but then some big news thing happens, and where do you get your news? That’s right. Twitter. At least I do. (The image above is from someone’s Twitter stream and it’s the best […]
And Then You Hold A New Book In Your Hand
And it feels awesome (literally – the matte finish is silky). It’s odd to hold your own book and to not have read it. But the French version of Waiting for the Man will be published next month (it launches this week) and I’m kind of thrilled by it. Mostly because as a Quebecois the […]
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Tagged Attends-Moi, Daniel Grenier, Editions Marchand De Feuilles, French, Quebec, Waiting for the Man
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Just When You Think You’re Out, They Pull You Back In
You write a book. A while later it is published. A lot of other books are published at the same time. You do some publicity. You travel and read for strangers. You appear in some media. Strangers talk about your book in places you have never been. And then it stops. Your book is on […]
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Tagged al pacino, art, cave paintings, caveman, drawings, Editions Marchands de feuilles, French, gilgamesh, godfather, Lascaux, paperback, tacos, utnapishtim, Waiting for the Man
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Wheels Keep Turning
So. The first draft. It’s percolated. Enough. I’ve left it alone for a few weeks now. Almost a month. I have ideas. I really do. I have cuts to make. Lots of them. I have things to add. New things. Surprises. More things. Less things. Red things. Blue things. Starred things. Stuff. I’m surprised by, […]
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Tagged agent, agents, beer, dr seuss, editing, first draft, flat circle, journey, lynard skynard, nietzsche, rust cohl, schopenhauer, steve perry, the queen is dead, The Smiths, true detective
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Pity the Trees
Well, no. At least they’re renewable. I believe this paper is certified or something. It’s “good” and not old growth. I can only imagine what the “carbon footprint” of my laptop is. And my iPhone. And iPad. And TV. At least I don’t own a car. More photos of the physical nature of my first […]
Alpha and Omega
And then the end of the first part happens and you remember it’s the easy part and now the hard work begins. Because it is hard. Very much so. But a milestone is a milestone. It deserves to be acknowledged. If only because the work changes now, shifts gears, the work comes from a different […]
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Tagged first draft, Jones, little red riding hood, novel, pew pew, writing
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