Quotations from Chairman Ken …. Taken from AMERICAN SKIN Copyright 2006 by KEN BRUEN (Kate’s Mystery Books/Justin, Charles & Co. Publishers) “He couldn’t believe it, said “You’re in America, you don’t want to be armed?” I shook my head, he hefted the SIG, trying to make sense of me, said, “Not to have a gun ….. it’s un-American” “We Irish have the lock on melancholy, never happier than when we are sad, rising to our finest moments in prayers of lamentations. Our finest music, best writing, has at its core a profound sense of grief. We’ve never been short of reasons why and the rain doesn’t help.” “You wake up with a headache and a hard-on. One as painful as the other one is useless.”

Hush! Laura Lippman Sez …

“At least masturbation is always consensual.”

There is no first until the second arrives.”

“Being a mother is like being trapped in the first fifteen minutes of a horror film. Everything was fine, lovely. But there was this persistent feeling of dread …..”

Quotes from “HUSH HUSH” by Laura Lippman Copyright 2015 by Laura Lippman (The copy I read was by Harper LUXE an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers)

rixflix: DAMSEL

Damsel is toplined by Robert Pattinson and the always estimable Mia Wasikowska. Mr. Pattinson seems determined to distance himself from the pop cultural  furor surrounding his characterization in the Twilight movies (he was surprisingly convincing in Good Time by yet another brother team, Benny and Josh Safdie, but I think he should leave the western genre alone – unless his line readings in this movie were meant to be flat. It’s hard to tell).

The critics and most of the users seemed to like this one,too, but for this viewer, my thoughts on this movie can be summed up by the headline for the review in Newsweek magazine:: NEW WESTERN COMEDY GETS LOST IN THE WOODS

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Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.