Speaking of Non-Sequiturs
Ideas drive my work. The goal of my craft is to draft stories that entertain while serving as a testing ground for ideas. Writing stirs our emotions and brings us the most joy when the language challenges us to think through the broadest spectrum of possibility.
In Speaking of Non-Sequiturs, I provide a brief context of why I’m thinking about a certain topic, the ideas that came to mind, and the questions those ideas raised. I hope you enjoy my process, see how it shapes my fiction, and share a few thoughts of your own. I look forward to hearing from you.
In Speaking of Non-Sequiturs, I provide a brief context of why I’m thinking about a certain topic, the ideas that came to mind, and the questions those ideas raised. I hope you enjoy my process, see how it shapes my fiction, and share a few thoughts of your own. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Can Ideas Support Us When Our Actions Fail?
A Touch of Context: The other day I listened to a friend share her ideas about violence. She
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The Long-Legged Fly by James Sallis
Summary: Through four vignettes, each occurring in a different decade and a different era of his life, Private
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When The Sacred Gin Mill Closes by Lawrence Block
Summary A now sober ex-cop Matthew Scudder looks back on a darker time a few years off the
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The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
Summary: Hugh Denismore, a privileged, young doctor driving his mother’s Cadillac from Los Angeles to Phoenix, feels uneasy
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The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes
Summary: Harlem detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson investigate the murder of Ulysses Galen. When Galen
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The Mad and The Bad by Jean-Patrick Manchette
Summary: In The Mad and The Bad, Michael Hartog obtained a fortune after the death of his brother
