Michael on CONFLAGRATION

Your talent juts off the page like a cumming cunt. It just does.

Great quotes

Both from The Killers' "Read My Mind" (the song that got us to Tokyo in 2007):

"I pull up to the front of your driveway/with magic soaking my spine."

"The stars are blazing/like rebel diamonds/cut out of the sun."

GREAT STUFF.

I keep away from Runaround Sue

Driving down The Strip, we saw these guys rocking OUT (and videoing themselves, natch) to this song. It was hilarious. We had good times in Vegas. And we're going to Reno in. July when Baz is in camp! Back to closing down bars ...

Conflagration is DONE!

Now writing up a synopsis ...

"It won't always be this way"

It's hard having a kid. That's not breaking news. It's just the truth. Last night I was all pissed off because I just wanted to go out with Adam to some dive bar, maybe stay out until dawn. But we couldn't. I love Baz with every cell in my body, but it's hard.

"It won't always be this way," Adam said. For better or worse, he's right. 

2016

 

Excellent article on Judaism in today's times

My friend Peter sent me this. Worth a read. 

Pitch

Sent something to LitHub on the strength of an exchange with Marcus -- it totally inspired me. A random intro:

2009. 

In my mid-30s, a writer with more inspiration than money. I was walking down Oakland, California's Piedmont Avenue when a printed article caught my eye under the overhang of the Piedmont Theatre. It was written by that film-criticism master Roger Ebert. "One human life, closely observed, is everyone's life," it declared. "In the particular is the universal."

At that moment, my work changed. 

Something to know

Don't piss me off. You won't like me when I'm angry. Trust me. 

Queensryche, "Silent Lucidity"

Your mind tricked you to feel the pain

Of someone close to you leaving the game of life

So here it is, another chance

Wide awake you face the day, your dream is over

Or has it just begun?