Are We Doing New Year’s Again This Year?
Oh, yeah, New Years … we’re doing that again this year. And after a century of waiting, we’ll be back into the Roaring Twenties, so there’s that. The Teen years? As with the teen years […]
Category: Writers
A Tale of Three Countries
Dear People of South Sudan and Afghanistan, Your reading my blogs validates my self worth. However, you are not reading blogs even though they are brilliant and funny, a triple hee even. What is wrong […]
Replacing Oprah’s Book Club
I admire self-made people, and Oprah Winfrey turned–whatever she used to do–into a huge empire. It’s made her not only rich and powerful, but a person who by all accounts gives back to her community […]
I tackle poetry … and get slammed
My wife took a poetry class, so I, being a writer, decided to take a crack at writing poetry myself. Why didn’t someone stop me? Thank goodness I’m better at prose. Thank goodness Emily is […]
What Could Happen If …
The Harry Potter Universe is a wide one. Although Harry has now vanquished Lord Voldemort and his evil followers (with the help of a lot of extraordinary people who are fluent in magic), the story […]
Game of Thrones, or: Reviewing War and Peace, but with no peace and ten times the war
So … you’ve probably heard of this book, which has garnered some moderate success from an otherwise unknown author by the name of George R. R. Martin. Long-winded fantasy? Who does that anymore? My wife […]
Understanding Poetry
My wife is taking a poetry class this year, so I, being a writer, decided to take a crack at writing poetry myself. Why didn’t someone stop me? Thank goodness I’m better at prose. Thank […]
Brian Kiley Shares Comedy Insights, Writers’ Room Wisdom, and Novel News
Emmy Award-winning writer Brian Kiley has a hilarious résumé that showcases decades of comedy talent. Now, with his new novel The Astounding Misadventures of Rory Collins, Kiley is poised once again to show us how […]
The Year of Perry Block
This year – 2018 – will be The Year of Perry Block. That’s because this year will see the publishing of my very first book, the eponymously named – as is my blog – Perry Block, Nouveau Old […]
Bully for Budleigh!
Like humans, canines have been known to bully their own species, although they rarely steal lunch money and never send harassing texts due to the absence of thumbs. Dog bullying can take many forms: overly […]