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LOC: Culver City, CA
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: May 14
LOC: Culver City, CA
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: May 14
i write music for films. i also write fiction, non-fiction and a lot of email. My favorite writers this year are Charles Simic, Octavio Paz, and John Cheever. My fiction piece “Death Floats” was recently published. I say this to encourage others, especially when you see some of the reviews I have received.
I try to review with something positive. I’m impatient and usually skip pieces that are full of typos. I’m passionate about my work and it’s usually been through at least ten re-writes by the time I post. I don’t want to make the process difficult for those who are reviewing. I believe that good writing contains honesty. I’m a big believer in show, don’t tell – unless you’re Nicholson Baker.
my music is here:
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Divine Light By Scott Stambler 1968 Kahala, Hawaii. Dad, thirty-nine, suffers a mild heart attack. Apparently he speeds his recovery by fucking his twenty four year old cardiac care nurse. Says he’s in love. Mom’s livid. Woman scorned is a footnote in the ledgers of her wrath. I don’t blame her, but hell, my parents fought more than they slept. When Dad and nurse-girlfriend move back to Los Angeles my mid-adolescent anger solidifies in earnest. Goodbye son, Dad hugs me and articulates his ind...
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“Death Floats” By Scott Stambler Edward Windsor had a theory: The appropriate selection of a tie sets the tenor for the entire day. Twenty-Six Months Ago. Friday. 5:30 a.m. He’d sit up, glance at the paper, or watch her shave her legs. He’d wonder why he had lost the desire to make love to her. There was no other woman. Lovemaking had dwindled to a monthly perchance. Maybe they were going through a phase. Who was he fooling? If he didn’t snap out of it she’d end up having an affair. Or worse...
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don't ask me why - i loved this. think i'll read it to my twelve year old pre teen/100 year old. really interesting/instructive without being didactic. that's all i got for you. thanks for the work.
this feels very much like a song. it paints a very clear picture and i like that. lastly i think you could play with your phrasings. this line My life began to evanesce and all became silent felt off rhythm. perhaps you meant that. but i think you could, perhaps, make this stronger. anyway - there you go
Don't know if you write poetry but this seems like a perfect outline for one. Or a song. The short 'paragraphs' seemed too disconnected. I realize they are time cuts. It's that the pacing and rhythms are perhaps too staccato. I don't know - my first instinct was I didn't care much. But I just re-read it and maybe it's just me. The creative line at the end is good. It too bothered me the first time, but the second pass I liked it. I also feel it's the skeleton for something. Great content BTW.
well written, somewhat monotonic (in character) for my liking. (which is the part of reviewing that stinks: does one critique the writing or tell the author if they as reader can relate?) there were some very good phrases - and some over slightly written phrases, the kind that stand out as too clever. (when he walked outside i could picture the street.) "He glares at me, and his eyes say the words that I’ve heard so frequently. “Get the fuck out,” those black orbs tell me." could be written -...
I was wondering if there was something left out in the end. This felt like it didn't have an ending. Reading between the lines? okay - this was the angel of death? you have set up three incredibly bland characters whose lives are wonderfully boring. you do have a plot and that kept me going BUT things appear, (flowers and a pregnant daughter) transitions happen at will and i think this lacks the depth that your writing indicates you are capable of producing. as a ps - when you set the reader ...
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