Randy Ford Author- Revised INFLATION, DEFLATION, WAR! 48th Installment

That was how he lived with Pauline’s infidelity, though he hated it, and was how he rationalized his own behavior, though it certainty didn’t carry the risks…at least not the risk of scandal like Pauline’s behavior did. The one thing, however, that he was most afraid of were the diseases that she could bring home.

And he wished that he had come home from the war sooner. If he had, he thought, maybe things would’ve been different and maybe he would’ve been part of the change. His wife’s promiscuousness certainly bothered him, just as the promiscuousness of any married woman would’ve, while he didn’t see anything wrong with men being promiscuous. This was the double standard or contradiction Pauline faced every day.

At last they got off by themselves, away from the flat, with the boys at school and he taking an afternoon off from work. Just an afternoon, no more than a few hours was all the time they had. Perhaps because they knew that was all the time they had Fritz and Eva moved quickly from flirtation to intimacy, but for now Fritz wasn’t about to take advantage of his own flat. Never far away were hotels where they could go and where no one cared who they were and where whatever they did was totally accepted. Eva was somewhat fleshier than Pauline, and she acted like creatures of the opposite sex were supposed to act: she pretended to be less intellectual than Fritz, a creature of passion, of desire rather than of the mind and in many ways the opposite of Pauline. They went into the hotel. At that hour the lobby wasn’t very busy, and the hallway they passed through was just as vacant. Her red lips were moist and welcoming, but Fritz didn’t spend much time there. He left foreplay almost immediately and began undressing her before she had a chance to say anything. The way from there was familiar to both of them, what they each did and how they each responded. There was a negative side to this for both of them too. He loved his wife very much, she wanted her boss to respect her, and here they were in bed together, and he felt as if his life was ruined.

The air inside the room was hot and stale. Looking out the window after opening it, he saw men and women walking down the street, and he checked the time on a clock on a lamppost. He thought, “I don’t know what I’m doing here, but I don’t think I can turn back. And I’m not sure I want to. I’m not sure of anything.”

He still took Eva to a hotel whenever he could.

Then he slipped one day and made love to her in his study. Pauline was out with Frederick…that was the story…or was it with Herr Lippert (he never knew for sure)…and remember this was back in 1920 when Frederick and Pauline took frequently hikes together in the Vienna Woods, and she allowed him to take a naked photograph of her. Thus Fritz’s dream was shattered, a dream he maintained while he recuperated in a military hospital far from his native city.

Fritz woke up in the military hospital without knowing how he got there. He was among the wounded that couldn’t immediately go home. His wounds were so horrific that he didn’t want his family to see him.

Later he wouldn’t talk about it, and would only refer to the events as a dream, and in the middle of the dream was a nurse who he swore looked like Pauline. She enchanted him, though he was suffering from what would later be called shell shock. “You’ve gone through hell. It’ll take time. We’ve not seen injuries like yours before. Especially with the changes in fighting. Foolish, really, since no one knew…”

“Am I going to make it?”

“You will, Fritz. It will just take time.”

“You’re telling me the truth, aren’t you?”

“You know I am. There’s no more war for you.”

“I’m not thinking about war. I’m thinking about going home.”

She said, “It’s too soon for you to be thinking about home. Instead you should be thinking about recovering. I’ll come back later.”

When she came back, he said, “This has been a bad day. Big shells started coming over as soon as the sun gave the enemy a target. One burst in our trench and killed the man next to me and knocked me out with a concussion. I knew by the crash we were done for, but I can’t explain the burns I have. I was one of the lucky ones because I didn’t die of dysentery.”

Randy Ford

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THE ADVOCATE’S CONVICTION

by Teresa Burrell

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MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS Early Literacy/Reading Program- Open House May 23, 2012

MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS Open House – May 23rd, 2012 Save the Date!

Early Literacy/Reading Program

We wanted to catch you early instead of late … please be sure to save the date!

MWFB Open House 3955 E. Fort Lowell Suite 114 Tucson, Arizona

May 23rd, 2012 5:00 to 7:00 pm

Join us for drinks, food, and fun!

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Sydney Writers’ Centre- Get your script on to the screen & Writing Classes & Kerri Sackville’s Best-selling memoir WHEN MY HUSBAND DOES THE DISHES: A MEMIOR OF MARRIAGE AND MOTHERHOOD

Sydney Writers’ Centre- Get your script on to the screen

Kerri Sackville used her blog to land herself not just one book deal – but two! She is following up her best-selling memoir WHEN MY HUSBAND DOES THE DISHES: A MEMIOR OF MARRIAGE AND MOTHERHOOD with her second book THE LITTLE BOOK OF ANXIETY to be released next month.

In this session, Kerri reveals:

•the steps she took to build a fan base for her blog
•how she built her profile online
•why you need to contribute to other blogs (and how to do this)
•strategies to get noticed by publishers
•how to make yourself a “marketable” author
•and much more
There are only a handful of places left!

Blog to Book with Kerri Sackville in conversation with Valerie Khoo
When: Monday 16 April 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

What’s new at the Sydney Writers’ Centre

•NEW COURSE: Write a Chick-Lit Novel with Lisa Heidke, Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 June 2012.

•Check out what we did on our long weekend with Andrew’s “Week that was” on our Writing Bar.

•Filling fast: Online course: Magazine and Newspaper Writing, starts Monday 16 April 2012.

How to get your script onto the screen!
Want to overcome the terror of the blank page? If you’ve got an idea for the next Aussie blockbuster but aren’t sure how to get the script written, our Screenwriting Stage 1 course is for you.


During this course, you’ll have an opportunity to develop a script you’re working on, or get started on a new script, and receive feedback from an industry professional. By focusing on the three essential elements of a good script – character, story and structure – you’ll gain confidence in your writing abilities and get that script written!


What past participants say:
“If you want to write a screenplay but don’t know where to start, then you must try the screenwriting course at Sydney Writer’s Centre. The course will tell you all the basics and actually have you starting to write almost straight away. And meeting others interested in the area is invaluable.”
- Paul Sorauer

“I enjoyed the practical approach to screenwriting. Tim is direct, motivating and his experience is invaluable!”
- Adrienne Byrt

This course is presented by Tim Gooding who writes for stage, film and television. He has written television drama – Rafferty’s Rules, Blue Heelers, Stingers, Water Rats, All Saints – and comedy – The Aunty Jack Show, The Norman Gunston Show, Wollongong The Brave, Ratbags.

Screenwriting Stage 1 with Tim Gooding
When: Mondays starting Monday 16 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Have you already completed Screenwriting Stage 1, or have a script you’ve been working on for a while and want to be sure you’re on the right track? Our Screenwriting Stage 2 course is your next step.

Screenwriting Stage 2 with Tim Gooding
When: Mondays starting Monday 9 July 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

2012 Sydney Writers’ Festival

Time really does fly. It seems like only yesterday we were preparing for the SWF for 2011 and planning which sessions we’d be going to and who we would interview. And now it’s on again! The Sydney Writers’ Festival program for 2012 is out now and tickets are selling fast.

There are some great sessions including international guests like Jeffrey Eugenides, Edmund de Waal, Jeanette Winterson, Hilary Mantel and Stella Rimington. We’re also looking forward to hearing from local guests like Marieke Hardy, Thomas Keneally, Malcom Knox and Annabel Crabb.

To help whet your appetite for the festival proper, there will be an “Out of Season” event with one of last year’s headlining guests,

A C Grayling. You can find out more about it on the Writing Bar blog.

To download a program and book tickets visit http://www.swf.org.au

More Student Success

Congratulations to Anna Spargo-Ryan, whose blog Judging Your Breakfast, has been announced as a finalist in the Saveur Best Food Blog Awards. The competition attracted over 40,000 entries, so Anna’s spot on the list of finalists is an incredible achievement. When she wrote to us she said, “The Sydney Writers’ Centre really did give me the confidence that I needed to put my writing out there. I’m so grateful to you, Valerie Khoo!”

Good luck Anna – we can’t wait to hear the result!

Anna has also entered our very own blog competition – the Best Australian Blogs Competition. Have you entered yet? We’ve almost reached the 1,000 entry mark and have $15,000 worth of prizes to give away. So if you’re an Australian blogger, get your entry in before 5pm Friday 13 April 2012. (That’s tomorrow!)

Get started on your novel or short story – learn from anywhere in the world!

It doesn’t matter where you live. You can still access the wonderful resources and tutors at the Sydney Writers’ Centre. So if you’ve always wanted to get started on your novel or short story, join us for our most popular online course: Creative Writing Stage 1.

In this five-week course you’ll learn:

•the art of writing fiction
•you’ll cover voice, plot, character and structure
•you’ll get lots of writing practice and valuable feedback from your tutor.
This year we’ve had students from all over Australia and as far away as England, China and the USA.

What past students say:
“It was easy and convenient to do the creative writing course online. The best thing was being able to listen to the presentation and do the assignment in my own time, when it suited me best. It worked around me, instead of me trying to work around it.”
- Glenda Hindley

“I found the workshopping an invaluable tool. I enjoyed reading other people’s work and the feedback given to them also helped me implement changes for the better in my own work.”
- Olivia Blackburn

Online course: Creative Writing Stage 1 with Cathie Tasker/Pamela Freeman
When: Week beginning Monday 16 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
Do you have an unpublished manuscript for younger readers you’ve been working on? Then don’t forget about the Text Prize, the annual prize awarded to an outstanding manuscript for young adults or children.

This fantastic prize for published or un-published writers offers a publishing contract with Text for the winning manuscript as well as a $10,000 advance on publishing royalties.

Submissions are opening soon. Entries can be sent from Monday 30 April until the closing date of Friday 1 June 2012.

The pain of writing
It’s impossible not to be impressed by the beauty and skill on display in some of the world’s oldest illuminated manuscripts. But pity the poor monks who had to do the work… According to some of the notes scribbled by early writers in the margins of their work, writing really was a chore. Here are some examples we found on brainpickings.org

“Writing is excessive drudgery. It crooks your back, it dims your sight, it twists your stomach and your sides.”

“As the harbor is welcome to the sailor, so is the last line to the scribe.”

And who hasn’t thought this at the end of a long week:

“Now I’ve written the whole thing: for Christ’s sake give me a drink.”

NEW SEMINAR: Build Your Profile on Twitter
What do you know about Twitter? Do you know it has over 300 million users, including many authors, publishers, and self-publishers? Do you know how to retweet, how to build your followers, or who you should follow?

Twitter can be overwhelming for new users but it’s actually very simple. It allows you to broadcast messages of 140 characters or less to anyone who’d like to receive them. But it’s also a powerful tool for building your profile.

Our new seminar, Build Your Profile Using Twitter, will help demystify social networking and how to use it. This two-hour seminar is perfect for any writer or business owner who wants to know how to make Twitter work for them.

Build Your Profile with Twitter with Steven Lewis
When: Monday 23 April 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

What we’re reading
This week Sydney Writers’ Centre office manager, Andrew Gillman, is reading Endworlds by Alan Dean Foster and Nicholas Read. He writes:

I’m a great believer in new and exciting concepts. While you can never predict if they will succeed brilliantly or fail spectacularly, the fact that someone has dared to try something different always impresses me.

That’s why I embraced Endworlds by Alan Dean Foster and Nicholas Read, a daring experiment in digital publishing. At its core it’s an imaginative sci-fi novel that centres on the discovery of another galaxy that overlaps with Earth’s own corner of the universe, and which will likely destroy us when our planet flies through its debris field.

But the news of this discovery is suppressed by a decision that it’s not worth saving all of humanity. The only people who will survive this apocalypse, it is decided, are the world’s elite who secretly plan to save only themselves and their families.

There’s clearly a lot at stake, and it’s a clever gripping read.

The e-book comes with a full symphony orchestra soundtrack, high quality cover art and all manner of technical diagrams and maps. It has also spawned a social media frenzy with a race on by fans to find the pieces of the anti-doomsday device hidden in locations around the world, including Australia.

Time will tell if it succeeds as a concept but it is an audacious bid to redefine how we read that succeeds primarily because it remembers that at the heart of any concept you must have a great story, well told.

WEBPICK: 10 Crazy and Unusual Book Designs
When you think about it, it makes perfect sense to print a cookbook on pasta, the same pasta you’ll use to bake your own lasagne. In fact, many of the unusual book designs in this selection of 10 are not only beautiful, but also practical in their own way.

Along with two edible books, there’s a glow in the dark book, a book you have to destroy to read, a growing book and a book made from coffee.

Other upcoming courses
Course: Life Writing with Patti Miller
When: Every Friday starting Friday 13 April 2012 for six weeks
Time: 10.00 am – 12 noon
Cost: $450

Seminar: From Blog to Book with Kerri Sackville
When: Monday 16 April 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Course: Screenwriting Stage 1 with Tim Gooding
When: Every Monday starting Monday 16 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Online Course: Magazine and Newspaper Writing Stage 1 with Sue White
When: Week beginning Monday 16 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Online Course: Creative Writing Stage 1 with Pamela Freeman/Cathie Tasker
When: Week beginning Monday 16 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Seminar: Business Writing Essentials with Tony Spencer-Smith – FULL
When: Tuesday 17 April 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Daytime Creative Writing Stage 1 with Jeni Mawter
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 19 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: 10.00 am – 12 noon
Cost: $395

Seminar: Successful Freelancing with Valerie Khoo and Gayle Bryant
When: Thursday 19 April 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Online Course: Writing Books for Children and Young Adults with Judith Ridge/Nicola Robinson
When: Week beginning Monday 23 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Seminar: Build Your Profile Using Twitter with Steven Lewis – NEW SEMINAR
When: Monday 23 April 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Course: Creative Writing Stage 2 with Pamela Freeman
When: Every Tuesday starting Tuesday 24 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Travel Writing with Sue White
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 26 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Blogging for Business with Steven Lewis
When: Friday 27 April 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Editing Essentials with Deb Doyle
When: Thursday 3 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

Course: Creative Writing Stage 1 with Jeni Mawter – NEW DATE
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 3 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: How to Write a Business Book with Valerie Khoo
When: Friday 4 May 2012 (half-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 1.00 pm
Cost: $295

Seminar: How to Get Your Book Published with Geoff Bartlett
When: Monday 7 May 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Online Course: Creative Writing Stage 2 with Pamela Freeman/Cathie Tasker – NEW DATE
When: Week beginning Monday 7 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Online Course: Travel Writing with Sue White – NEW DATE
When: Week beginning Monday 7 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Seminar: Business Writing Essentials with Tony Spencer-Smith – NEW DATE
When: Tuesday 8 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Writing for the web with Grant Doyle
When: Thursday 10 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm
Cost: $450

Seminar: Grammar and Punctuation Essentials with Deb Doyle
When: Tuesday 15 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

Seminar: Introduction to Travel Writing with Geoff Bartlett
When: Tuesday 15 May 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Seminar: Perfect your Proofreading with Deb Doyle
When: Thursday 17 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Sell Your eBook on Amazon with Steven Lewis
When: Monday 21 May 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Program: Write Your Novel with Pamela Freeman – FULL
When: Every Monday starting Monday 21 May 2012 for six months
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $1980

Course: Travel Memoir with Claire Scobie
When: Every Wednesday starting Wednesday 23 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: PR and Media Releases that Get Results with Catriona Pollard
When: Thursday 24 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Cost: $495

Course: Introduction to Novel Writing with Pamela Freeman
When: Every Tuesday starting Tuesday 29 May 2012 for six weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $495

Course: Writing Books for Children and Young Adults with Judith Ridge
When: Every Tuesday starting Tuesday 29 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Self-Publishing – How to do it with Geoff Bartlett
When: Thursday 7 June 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Course: Writing Picture Books with Cathie Tasker – NEW DATE
When: Every Wednesday starting Wednesday 13 June 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm
Cost: $395

Course: Food Writing with Carli Ratcliff – NEW COURSE
When: Saturday 16 June and Sunday 17 June 2012 (2 consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Write a chick-lit novel with Lisa Heidke – NEW COURSE
When: Saturday 16 June and Sunday 17 June 2012 (2 consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Writing about Interiors, Style and Design with Nigel Bartlett
When: Wednesday 27 June and 4 July 2012 (2 evening classes)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $175

Course: Screenwriting Stage 2 with Tim Gooding
When: Every Monday starting Monday 9 July 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Thriller Writing with L.A. Larkin – NEW DATE
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 9 August 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

WRITING TOURS
Writing in Bali with Patti Miller
When: Saturday 21 July to Saturday 28 July 2012

Writing in Paris with Patti Miller – FULL
Arrival: Thursday 18 October 2012
Departure: Saturday 3 November 2012

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The Writers Studio- THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PLOUGHSHARES ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012 AT JOE’S PUB NYC & Take a Writing Class

DON’T MISS THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PLOUGHSHARES ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012 AT JOE’S PUB! Come hear readings by NICK FLYNN, YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA, MARGOT LIVESEY, JIM SHEPARD, and ELIZABETH STROUT. Introduction by editor Ladette Randolph. Book signing to follow reading. Reading starts at 7:00 P.M. JOE’S PUB is located at 425 LAFAYETTE STREET, NYC (Btw. East 4th and Astor Place). TICKETS: $12 | 212-967-7555 | http://www.joespub.com

CONGRATULATIONS TO JAY KIDD. His poem Lost time (1997), published in The Bellevue Literary, was just nominated by the editors to be in an anthology called Best New Poets for the 2012 edition.

SEVEN REASONS TO TAKE A CLASS AT THE WRITERS STUDIO:
* Learn the most important tool of craft – how to create a narrator’s voice different from yours as a writer.
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* Turn autobiographical fragments into successful narrative or poetic pieces
* Get support in implementing a regular writing schedule
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SPRING SEASON IS BEGINNING NOW. The Writers Studio was founded 25 years ago on the belief that when the desire to write is strong enough, anyone can learn the craft necessary for full creative expression.
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* Are you a fiction writer who likes the flexibility and intimacy of an online class? Take…
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