It’s telling that Obama only made 2.5 million in royalties in 2008. The industry really is dying, eh? Crown probably walked away with many more million…but they’re spending a million per title, easily. So even if they cleared 10 million, …
Chapter Two “King Sawblade and His Merry Shepherd”
Paul Peter Hinckley, our protagonist, is an over-educated tax preparation man in his fifties who has just watched his father, an esteemed and popular attorney in New Orleans, die on the seventh green of the Audubon Golf Course. In the …
I’ve recently had the (mis?)fortune of rediscovering the “fiction archives” from Dirtyfreaks.com, which was Greatsociety’s URL from April 2001-December 2002. As well as just being a place to vent, the initial purpose of Dirtyfreaks.com was to have an outlet for …
The Two of Sam Part One: The One of Sam
Okay, so I got in a fender bender today and it’s pretty much preoccupied me all day. It was one of those deals where you’re nosing through a stopped line of traffic trying to cross a busy street and you …
Last July, I decided to return to the idea of “regular articles” here at GS. The plan, as outlined there, changed a bit and we ended up with just The Boble on Wednesdays and the Sunday Archives. Now I’m adding …
The first version of the Boble, written during my freshman year in high school, ended after “Exit, Stage Everywhere.” I’d written it as a lark. Partially to come to terms with my mom’s somewhat overbearing “born-again” Catholic nonsense that she …
Ah, winter’s angry hold has finally broken. The first signs of Spring in Washington are upon us – namely, fleets of landscapers out preparing our corporate greenspaces for the warm weather. Whilst they labor with their hoes and clippers, surrounded …
James was working through the Belgian beers on the Quarry House menu while I was deciding what to do after their meager Scottish collection. “I find women who can’t cook endearing.” He said over the menu. I muttered a reply, …