Dec 9, 2018 | Horror, On Writing, Past Notes
Read below for this subscriber-only excerpt from the forthcoming Wilderness of Mirrors by Nicholas Hallum Download PDF Version here An excerpt from the novel Wilderness of Mirrors by Nicholas Hallum DECEMBER 2001 IRAQI DESERT SKYRISE SECURE OPERATION The...
Nov 1, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing
Tana French is one of the most talented writers I’ve ever read in the mystery and detective genre. In this most recent book, she really surpasses the genre entirely, and breaks new ground with a lyrical, heartbreaking and soul-bending literary novel that focuses...
Oct 19, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Horror
I found a thread on Reddit that asked this question: “What is the best horror story you can come up with in two sentences?” I posted the best ones I found, as well as one more scary tale I created on my own. See if you can figure out which one is mine! With Halloween...
Oct 11, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
[American Journal] Robert Hayden, 1913 – 1980 here among them the americans this baffling multi people extremes and variegations their noise restlessness their almost...
Sep 2, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
(used as the epigraph in my novel The Eagle Tree) The Trees Philip Larkin The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief. Is it that they are born again And we grow old? No, they...
Aug 6, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety....
