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I did a couple things differently on podcast eight … first I recorded it straight through instead of editing, and doing it in sections, and second I recorded it in a different place … hopefully there won’t be an echo .. it’s about my screenwriting class, which sucked, a little about self promotion, and a lot of other shit again, and of course I’ve been dying to talk about the election, GM assholes, and how big of idiots all you “yes we can” people look like (even Barrack is laughing at you, you mindless fools) you can download from this site, or hit the link with my picture on the right, and get it off itunes … enjoy … Kael

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The past couple days I finally got in touch with an old friend of mine. We exchanged a couple emails, and I ended up writing her a light-hearted note that was designed to renew our old friendship, which I had recalled with some pretty fond memories. I asked her about her life, and how odd the current path of her life would have looked to her younger self (as would anyone’s I assume), and she threw me back a hostile bitter retort that could only be considered Read the rest of this entry »

My last post was about self-promotion, but what I failed to mention, and probably the most important part, is that self-promotion is pretty useless unless you know exactly what is great about you. In other words, it’s not enough to tell people how great your work is, Read the rest of this entry »

I keep forgetting this is a blog is about writing, publishing, and well … frankly not about my life (mostly, although a writer’s life is surely part of the total package and should be celebrated and not avoided). I’ve sat through endless lectures about how to begin a story; once upon a time the door opened and he walked in kind of shit. And truth be told there are several different ways to begin a story. I don’t think I can tell anyone how to begin a story, because Read the rest of this entry »

Lately I’ve been blogging a lot about being all dialogue and no story, and I’ve purposely left out why I dropped my screenwriting class, because it’s only half the reason I did (the rest is great). I’ve debated in my mind how that makes me who I am and what I’m about. I mean am I going to wake up one morning and realize that my life has been nothing but a string of conversations that I have all but forgotten, save the profound, and that’s it? Will I realize Read the rest of this entry »

I went to a Matt Nathanson concert last night in San Francisco. You know with Madonna going off on Sarah Palin at her concerts, it was a bright spot when Matt stopped his session for a second and said that he believed in the system, and that in this election too many of us are getting bullied into voting one way or another. He went on to say that the ballot box is, by definition, our strength, and the last place in the world that we should be scared or bullied into anything. (I knew there was a reason I dug Matt Nathanson. In case you’ve never heard of him, I urge you to check out his music. Even if you like his music a little, catch a show, because you’ll Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks for your patience with me about the irregular nature of these podcasts … but bare with me, if you’ve been reading the blogs, you know that I’ve been kind of down lately. So anyways, this week’s podcast is about finding a narrator, sushi in Los Angeles, losing faith in writing to save me, and my friends doing “E,” at a club, and how I kind of lost faith in them as well … it’s a little long this week, but bare with me I think it is worth it … Kael

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I actually recorded podcast seven tonight, and I’m too tired to edit it … so it’s done and done, and will be online in the usual places some time tomorrow (probably later in the evening) … I’ll give you a tease though, podcast seven is going to be about some of the online courses I took (good and bad), and some sushi on sunset laced with some e, or x or whatever the kids are calling it these days … and living the fast life in Los Angeles. So it should be cool. thanks for your continuing support for them by the way … Kael

Today I was reading goggle news, and I noticed that some guy in West Hollywood had put an effigy of Sarah Palin on his front lawn hanging on a noose, and even though the media and most of the planet is outraged about it, he refuses to take it down. I ask you, guy in West Hollywood, how is this different than burning a cross on your lawn, or painting a swastika onto your Read the rest of this entry »

I haven’t put up a short story in a while, and this one is actually one of my favorites. The person who I describe actually exists … and she’s as wonderful as the story describes her to be.

Twenty Minutes Later : by Kael

There is a point, eleven minutes after you leave the Connolly Station, when it becomes obvious that you’re not in Dublin anymore, but it is another nine minutes of a no man’s land of tenements, clothes lines and tiny backyards occupied by day smokers Read the rest of this entry »