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The Literary Circus: January 2014
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FUN DOINGS IN AN INSANE LITERARY WORLD. Sunday, January 12, 2014. Amanda Hocking's New Challenge. RUMOR HAS IT that best-selling speed writer Amanda Hocking has signed an agreement with a publisher to crank out ten new vampire novels- in one week! Hocking assures her editors that despite being written at superspeed, quality of the novels won't be affected one iota. They'll be just as, er, good as her other books. Stay tuned. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Amanda Hockings New Challenge.
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The Literary Circus: Questions Electric Literature Couldn't Answer
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FUN DOINGS IN AN INSANE LITERARY WORLD. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Questions Electric Literature Couldn't Answer. A quote from the Two Million-Dollar Man, Garth Risk Hallberg, from 2012:. The 'inside literary world' as such no longer really exists- ". Is that a true statement? It's a question worthy of debate. It's also a question the "inside literary world" itself won't acknowledge. Yesterday I had an interesting exchange on twitter with Electric Literature- www.electricliterature.com. I asked the qu...
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The Literary Circus: December 2013
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FUN DOINGS IN AN INSANE LITERARY WORLD. Friday, December 20, 2013. Why Hemingway Grew a Beard. This is an easy one. Ernest Hemingway grew a beard because he wanted to look like Santa Claus! It was a beard. It was a white beard but it was also a full beard. The day was bleak and hard and cold but he had a beard and this made him feel safe. It was a good beard. Monday, December 16, 2013. Alice Munro Turned Down for Christmas Job! Since a prize-winning author can't live on. What do you write?
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Literary Mystery: July 2008
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The Place for Exciting New Mystery Fiction. Current Offering: "The Tower.". Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Guildenstern explains the strategy to his underground colleagues. He tells them. "This is a first step- a test to see how you'll behave. Follow along. Later you'll reap benefits.". Guildenstern sits up front with the chic 215 people, the Whitneys, Binnies, Joshuas, Mileses, and the like. The underground poets allowed to participate are directed toward the back. We'll show our ability.". This is a peace g...
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The Literary Circus: June 2014
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FUN DOINGS IN AN INSANE LITERARY WORLD. Wednesday, June 4, 2014. My new ebook, ASSASSINATION OF X, is not your grandmother's literary story. No snail's pace or. Instead, fiction for the chaotic world we live in now. Http:/ www.amazon.com/Assassination-X-King-Wenclas-ebook/dp/B00KPHLTKI/ref=sr 1 1? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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Literary Mystery: Another Novel Excerpt
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The Place for Exciting New Mystery Fiction. Current Offering: "The Tower.". Sunday, March 4, 2012. Tychon had missed the protest, happily. It’d been handled satisfactorily, from what he’d heard and seen on TV. It’s why one employed underlings. He would meet his date at the concert hall: Alexandra, an attractive Polish-descent blonde age 35 who made herself available for Arthur Tychon’s occasional nights out, as well as for other things. As the limousine efficiently pulled up outside the monstro...Their b...
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The Literary Circus: March 2013
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FUN DOINGS IN AN INSANE LITERARY WORLD. Saturday, March 16, 2013. Professor Beller Encounters a Question. Thomas Beller, writing professor at Tulane, was once a bright Manhattan literary star. Tulane, for all its prestige, is something of a comedown for a literary personality with a career once so promising. Like Scott in Hollywood, he believes. At least Professor Beller has his teaching assignments. A student remarks about a book of poems,. By Thomas Beller friend David Berman. "Air! Friendships are, yo...
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The Literary Circus: March 2015
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FUN DOINGS IN AN INSANE LITERARY WORLD. Thursday, March 5, 2015. Possible ISIS Recruiting Slogans. Those happy guys at ISIS seem to be recruiting ambitious young people from all over the world for their, er, project. We at LITERARY CIRCUS thought we'd help them along with better slogans :-) (If you have some good ones we missed, add them in the Comments section.). 1) "Get a-head with ISIS! 2) "Why wait for Paradise? Arrive there now.". 3) "We get to heaven faster! 7) "All the knives you can use.".
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Literary Mystery: May 2008
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The Place for Exciting New Mystery Fiction. Current Offering: "The Tower.". Thursday, May 15, 2008. Or a sign of the man's insanity? Let's proceed," Eggers says to his silent African sidekick. Walking very straight, they navigate through the glossy tables and seat themselves with the plutocratic lunatic. A waitress appears instantly. Get me your best beer, your best salad, best steak, rare, buried in onions, then your largest, most expensive dessert. The best of everything! The gang boss throws at him.
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The Literary Circus: November 2014
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FUN DOINGS IN AN INSANE LITERARY WORLD. Sunday, November 30, 2014. New York Literary Hypocrisy Update. Here's what's left of the exchange I had on twitter with. Editor Dayna Tortorici- which began when I asked why she was saying nothing about the Daniel Handler National Book Awards incident (see previous two posts):. I guess fighting racism, privilege and power a tad harder when it's in your own field :-) literarycircus.blogspot.com/. Dude step off I don't know who Daniel Handler is and don't care. Place...
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