Tag Archives: Henry David Thoreau
In Defense of “Out Stealing Horses”
Yesterday’s post considered a piece of conventional advice for beginning writers – “make your protagonist likable” – in light of the success of Per Petterson’s 2008 novel, Out Stealing Horses. I recounted the objections of several members of my “Novels … Read more
Shtick Lit
I believe Thoreau’s high-minded rhetoric when he explains why he decided to undertake his experiment in the simple life beside Walden Pond. He was a transcendental sort of fellow who wanted to get at the deep truths of human experience in an existential way. True enough, but I think there’s more to the story. Thoreau was also a writer and writers need, above all, something to write about. Read more
TED THE CAT
Ted the Cat (1994-present) is a domestic shorthair blogger and vers libre poet. He also enjoys sleeping, eating, and lurking. Ted the Cat co-habits with Kaze,
also a blogger at 317am.net.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kaze
Kaze is Washington DC area writing guru Steve Altman. The nickname is Japanese for “the wind.” Read more »
RasoirJ
Ras at Texas BBQ in DC, site of lunchtime chats with Kaze on the art and agony of writing. Ras is also known in some publishing circles as George Clack. Read more »