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And This Got Published?

While shopping this morning, I picked up a copy of Christopher Pike’s “Thirst,” about a teenage vampire, and started leafing through it. This didn’t last very long. The first three pages consisted entirely of exposition–the most godawful, mind-numbing, speechifying exposition … Continue reading

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"Sand and Water"

This is the saddest, most beautiful song I have ever heard. Beth Nielsen Chapman wrote it after the death of her husband. If you watch it, be warned: it’s a three-hankie, at least. God, I wish I could write like … Continue reading

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