It’s got some good plot points. It’s fun to read. It has a few moments where I thought, “Yeah! That’s cool!” There were moments too where I couldn’t see how the excessive writing made any necessary addition to the story. Filler, I guess. Do all books have that? Stuff that gets in there that has …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Sick Day
One aspect of writing is that you don’t have any excuses to take a day off. It’s not like being a carpenter. When you’re sick, you can still write. To claim a sick day as a writer, you’d have to go blind, AND lose your voice, AND lose the use of your hands in this …
Creative Juices
If you owned a business, what would you name it? A wood cabinet refurbisher called: Jack the Stripper? A museum called: Hands On Children Museum? A chimney sweeping business called: Ash Wipe? A book seller called: In The Margins? A record store called: Vinyl Resting Place? A gardening supply store called: The Dirty Hoe? There …
Real vs. Fantasy
Could it be that surreal art is more real than attempts at realism? I have a deep respect for any artist who can make a landscape, or a portrait, look like the original view, but the longer I live, the more it seems to me that surrealism is more accurate. For example, go inside any …
Hemp vs. Marijuana
Let me start by saying I don’t feel like what I’m about to write is political. It has more of a healthy-lifestyle-choice vibe for me. I just want to voice my opinion on hemp and marijuana. Hemp has a variety of uses. You can make clothing out of hemp. You can make paper out of …
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