12 Responses to “Now More Writerly Than Ever!”

1. Tumperkin Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 10:47 am

   1 Bam I read both your short story posts and I REALLY liked them, particularly Dead World. For me, a story has to be really good if I read it on my laptop. Anything published on paper is more official somehow, so e-stories are like an extra hurdle to get over (for me anyway). In short, if I read something on my laptop and it sucks me in, it must be good. When John Braine talks about writing, he draws a distinction between the Quick and the Dead. Good writing is Quick. It sucks you in and carries you along. Some writers can write the most beautiful arrangements of words you’ve ever read but somehow their story is Dead. It just doesn’t suck you in. Your stories were most definitely Quick. I’ll have to get Skin to Skin now. Got to go. Doctor Who is just about to start on TV and David Tennant is hot hot hot.

2. bam Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 10:55 am

   2 Tumperkin, thanks for the compliments. For my short stories, I usually follow Kurt Vonnegut’s advice. I like ‘em like a jab in the gut… You walk away, feel a wetness on your stomach, and only when you touch it and see blood on your hands that you realize you’ve been stabbed. That’s how I think of it, anyway. I love David Tennant, too! But right now I’m watching Cronicas with John Leguizamo. Man, this movie is vicious.

3. kate r Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

   3 You and Ray Bradbury. And screw you for being such a good writer. You’re the competition now. I hate you. xxoo

4. kate r Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 3:58 pm

   4 oh and go listen to my neph’s music because he says he has to take it down. http://www.myspace.com/andyrothwelltheband

5. bam Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

   5 Andy Rothwell is the hotness. Cool music. You and Ray Bradbury Why… does that sound dirty coming from you?

6. Michelle Johnson Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

   6 Tell me…was the pregnant lady a zombie? are there other survivors, and most importantly, is Anderson Cooper going to live? I MUST KNOW! I’ll tell you one thing, if the world were going to end, the one person I would want to have sex with is Anderson coop baby!

7. Teddy Pig Posted: Apr 14th, 2007 at 6:07 pm

   7 I just got the whole Nightmare On Elm Street collection! Come on over we’ll make red Jello shots and spaghetti with a rich blood red marinara sauce.

8. Darragha Posted: Apr 15th, 2007 at 6:51 am

   8 I totally adore you, Bammie. Darr

9. Ann(ie) Posted: Apr 15th, 2007 at 8:19 am

   9 I liked Dead World, but damn, it was dark and grisly. Grim too.

10. kardis Posted: Apr 15th, 2007 at 9:10 am

    10 Wow Bam, it looks like I’ll be buying Skin to Skin- one penniless person supporting another! I know you put a warning on Dead World, and I know I have zombie-phobia, and I still liked it.

11. Wylie Posted: Apr 15th, 2007 at 11:08 am

    11 Dead World - eeeeeeeeeeek No sleep for me!

12. Rosie Posted: Apr 17th, 2007 at 9:18 am

    12 Just read your new About Me and the excerpt for Skin to Skin. Good on ya kiddo. Looks great. I’ll be in line with my plastic when it hits the streets.