Category Archives: writing

ALMOST A DEAD MAN by Peter Nolan Smith – Chapter 1

March 21, 2016 – 5:14 pm

CHAPTER 1 The blonde woman on the battered chair lifted her black stiletto heels in horror, as rats scratched across the basement’s damp concrete floor. Once the horde scurried into their lairs, she lowered her feet relieved by their passing, but rats were the least of her problems. A 40-watt bulb dangling from a rotting […]

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Writer’s Block

June 12, 2015 – 4:28 pm

Writer’s Block has beset writers for time immemorial. For some people the words won’t just come. They remained stuck in the head or the writer suffers a collapse of inspiration. I used to say that I only experienced writer’s block when my bank account dropped below $200, however this most recent lapse arose from several […]

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Oh You Roue

January 26, 2015 – 12:23 pm

‎ “The only horrible thing in the world is ennui, Dorian. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness.” Lord Henry Wotton explains to a young Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde’s PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY

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HANG UP Tagline

July 29, 2014 – 10:34 am

The other afternoon at a 8th Street bar I was drinking with several friends discussing the reasons for my movie script not having found a home. “BET ON CRAZY has it all, a diamond heist, love, violence.” “Yes, but that doesn’t says anything.” Jason came from Malibu. He had movie star friends. He had helped […]

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EVERYDAY DRINKING by Kingsley Amis

March 27, 2014 – 11:45 am

Not everyone is cut out to be a drinker. It’s an exacting devotion. Appreciation and dedication are not to be found at TGIFs or mall beer joints, unless the serious drinker has no other choice, since everyone knows that drinking alone is a serious indication of alcoholism. As long as there’s one other living person […]

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