Monthly Archives: May 2007

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The editors of Harper’s magazine took a survey of American organizations devoted to bigotry. They counted 151 different neo-Nazi groups, 163 chapters of the KKK, 62 congregations of Christian Identity, 48 skinhead cults, and 29 black separatist movements. But five states harbored none of these groups at all–Iowa, Alaska, Maine, and North and South Dakota. Racism undoubtedly exists there, but not so much that anyone feels a burning drive to formally organize the hatred. Take your cue from these relatively enlightened oases in the coming week, Taurus. Be a master of peace, acceptance, compassion, and optimism–especially when you brush up against people who are exuding derisive, judgmental cynicism. Do it for your own health as much as for your environment’s.

Pixel-Stained Technopeasant

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If I were doing this as part of the Pixel-Stained Technopeasant movement, I’d be a little late. Instead, I’m seeing it as a smart move that I’m hoping my readers will eat up.

I’m putting my shorter works up for free on my web site. I’m also putting up developing works, that will be more than short works when they’re finished. I’ve already posted the Todd story, which is part of Dr. Celestine’s of Souls. Today, I’ll be posting “Motor City Mafia”, which is the first chapter of Adam’s Name.

You can go to the Short Fiction area of my website to click through to these. If you’re interested in an ebook (rtf or txt) format, leave ma comment here about which format you’d like made available, and I’ll put it up.

I’m only asking one favor in return. (Always a catch!) If you like what you read, let someone else know who might enjoy it. Shoot them a link. :)

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Inspiration is highly overrated,” says photo realist artist Chuck Close. “If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it’s not liable to ever happen.” I share his assessment of the creative process. The books and music and columns I’ve produced owe their existence largely to my hard work, which generates a burst of inspiration every now and then but mostly gets things done without much flash. Keep that in mind, Taurus. Though you may not be inundated with a series of epiphanies in the coming days, you have the potential to spawn a lot of useful and original stuff. Your fertility quotient is high.

Timing

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Why is it, when I’ve taken my time to shower, brush my teeth, prepare a breakfast at home, enjoy some television while eating, hang out with the dog, get to the coffee shop, set up, and start feeling in the mood to pull out the notebook and write…

… the clock interrupts and I must go. Or think about going. Or figure out when I need to go, and exactly how much time I’ve got left and oh my god how am I going to cram all of the words into that amount of time and…

Meme

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s about time you got the chance to be knocked on your ass by a flood of positive surprises and good feelings. I hope you’re trusting enough to go with the tidal flow, even if it does temporarily render you a bit woozy. Naturally you’d like to know if this giddy surrender will land you in trouble. Is there any chance that you’ll have to endure some karmic adjustment at a later date because of the fun you’re having now? Here’s my prediction: absolutely not. If anything, your enthusiastic cooperation with the free-form dazzle will shield you from any negative repercussions.

I could use some of this. Just gotta relax and let it happen, right? Ha!