Translation to Russian

by | Jan 26, 2012 | Deception, Publishing

Sergei has sent me the first chapters of his Russian translation of Spirit Falls (Дух в Водопаде?  Те, кторые говорят по русски, предлогайте еще название книги), which I have postedhere. He is concerned whether his translation captures the novel’s spirit. For those...
On the Eve of 2012, Peer Literary Criticism

On the Eve of 2012, Peer Literary Criticism

by | Dec 31, 2011 | Book Reviews, Publishing

It is New Year’s Eve 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin.  Yesterday there was an alternating snow-sleet-rain storm in our Lake Wingra microclimate. Today this small world is grey and ice-covered.  Tomorrow morning there is a winter weather advisory—high winds and sleet. I had...
This Web Log is about…

This Web Log is about…

by | Jun 25, 2011 | Deception, Publishing, Russia, Soviet Union

The purpose of this web site is to make sense of liars whom I’ve lived and worked among, against, and for in my life. There are moments when I shake with rage at the memory of trust broken; as well I quiver with shame at the memory of breaking trust.  We deceive...
Spirit Falls as an Electronic Book

Spirit Falls as an Electronic Book

by | Jul 21, 2010 | Publishing, Soviet Union

Spirit Falls is now published as an ebook in multiple-formats I went to Colorado with four goals; the first to write 10,000 new novel words (succeeded) and the second was to convert Spirit Falls to electronic book format (did that too; read on). In the process of...