Randy-a writer’s compensation

      Given as a nation the uncertainty of our economic situation some regret…very slight, as I remind myself what’s important to me…emerges about what I could’ve done with my life had I chosen some another career other than writing.   I haven’t made any money from my writing; the small amount that has come in I [...]

Randy-Acceptance and encouragement essential for a writer

       The most important acceptance of me has to come from me.   I am from Irving Texas and not New York.   I am a product of Irving High School and not some prestigious prep school.   I was a television baby and grew up on As the World Turns.   The biggest tragedy I remember in our [...]

Randy-Cassius Sargent, a poet gonged off the Gong Show

      One of the most wonderful connections I made at the Society of Southwestern Author’s conference Wrangling with Writing was with a 94-year-old poet by the name of Cassius Sargent.   When he recited one of his poems, I found myself laughing; without a hint of embarrassment he told me how he made quite a reputation [...]

Randy-YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, a short story

      I was a Truthslayer.   Just as the narrator in my story YOU BETTER WATCH OUT did, I told my second grade teacher I had a Santa Claus suit, lied about that, and ended up playing the part of Santa without a costume.   You can compare what happens in the story with what really did happen; [...]

Playwrights Foundation-This Week’s Newsflash

IN THIS WEEK’S NEWSFLASH:

- MY NAME IS VERA CUPIDO tickets now on sale
- Only Two Slots Left in Eugenie Chan’s Class!
- D.W. Jacobs Returns to the New Play Institute
- Now Accepting Submissions for the 2009 Bay Area Playwrights Festival!
- PF Recommends: New work by Itamar Moses, Tobias Wolff, Anne Galjour and more!

MY NAME [...]

Randy-Allan Meyer’s RIGHT AND WRONG-A USEFUL FICTION

A friend wanting to meet and sit down with Allan Meyer after having read three times his book RIGHT AND WRONG-A USEFUL FICTION got my attention.  The book is on my bookshelf, the author is someone I know from a reading at El Ojito Springs, but his viewpoint and humor are the ingredients that make him [...]

Sam Zxyasd-James Joyce’s FINNEGANS WAKE

Burn the grammatical flag, and spit on rote, was what Joyce did.   He tore himself out of a common rut and forged a new barrow (Joycean play on definition in play wink wink) in the fields.
I don’t read it right through.   Only the perseverant is capable of that, but it is obvious that you and [...]