Nov 11, 2024 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
A new book by author Ned Hayes. ( Coming soon! ) Preview of First Chapter I should have found you twenty years ago. Lost in impossible dreams I burned with impatience, looking for you everywhere. Where were you in those times? “J’aurai du te découvrir il...
Aug 30, 2024 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
Steve Silberman (1957 – 2024) I’m sad today. I’m sad because I just heard that my friend Steve Silberman is gone. I didn’t expect him to die. I don’t think anyone expects to die. I especially don’t expect my friends to go away at...
May 27, 2024 | Book Media, Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
I was honored to be asked to be this year’s Judge for the Willow Springs Press 2024 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. After reading all the entries with great diligence, I selected Nightwatch by Mathew Goldberg, and in concert with the Willow Springs team,...
Mar 5, 2024 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
New Book News! In recent months, I’ve been writing a memoir… and I’ve now completed a first draft. Tentatively titled “Seven Deaths,” the story interweaves my own near-death experiences over the years with my stumbling, staggering,...
Dec 1, 2023 | Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
The holiday season sees a million variations on Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol, yet this marvelous supernatural tale all too often overshadows the ghostly echoes that permeate Dickens’s entire oeuvre. In John Irving’s book of personal essays, Saving...
