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Archive for August, 2010

15 in 15

Posted by jamesviscosi on August 29, 2010

This is something I got tagged for on Facebook. Since I’m feeling lazy, I figured I would just port it over here for today’s post. I’m not tagging anybody here but feel free to leave a comment about any particular album or song that sticks with you.

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Review: “The Brothers Bloom”

Posted by jamesviscosi on August 22, 2010

So this weekend I saw “The Brothers Bloom”, a caper movie along the lines of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, only with a little more jaundice. I say “I” saw it because my wife was not around for it, which means I can’t say how long it took her to fall asleep, so I’ll just have to estimate it instead.

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Random Acceptance: The Edge, “Singletrack”

Posted by Dennis the Vizsla on August 15, 2010

So of course writing isn’t ALL rejection letters. At least, one hopes it isn’t. Case in point: One of my favorite short stories, “Singletrack”, which appeared in Greg Gifune’s magazine “The Edge”. And as a special yummy treat for those who have been knocking around the Internet as long as I have, please note the Geocities URL in the letter.

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The Early Years: Jim Thinks The President Gives A Crap That He Likes School

Posted by jamesviscosi on August 8, 2010

From the “I’m Chevy Chase And You’re Not” Department:

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Scene-Of-The-Month: “Father’s Books”

Posted by jamesviscosi on August 1, 2010

The results are in and we have a new winner for Scene of the Month: Father’s Books, another of my unpublished horror novels. Although (unlike perennial winner The Wolf) this one is finished, I’ve decided to stick with doing the scenes in order; and because the first scene is so short, I’ve decided to include two of them.

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