Tag Archives: Howard Cincotta
Characters as Chess Pieces: Nabokov and The Luzhin Defense
Author’s Note: Fiction writer Howard Cincotta wrote today’s Ras-curated guest post. The image of the author as puppet or chess master, coolly manipulating his or her characters – or even sacrificing them to the demands of the story – is … Read more
Haruki Murakami’s “1Q84″: Disrespecting the Reader
Author’s Note: This Ras-curated post was written by his good friend Howard Cincotta, a fiction writer and freelancer for all seasons. Cincotta read 1Q84 while recovering from outpatient surgery. Cincotta’s most recent articles – on green roofs and Toastmasters International – … Read more
The Oxymoronic Rejection
Note: this is a guest post by a friend and fellow fiction writer, Howard Cincotta. He’s a former State Department writer and editor who lives in Falls Church, Virginia. Over the years he’s assembled an impressive set of rejection slips for his … Read more
Ras’s Web Gems: Every Day Fiction
The rich neuronal connections of a poetry reader
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.
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