Snarky Muse: Why do you write? Me: Wow, just cut to the chase … Okay, in the words of Joan Didion: I write to find out what I think. And ink is cheaper than therapy. Snarky Muse: Did you say that? Me: No, that’s Victor Kline. Snarky Muse: Fine, I’ll just ask the regular stuff:Continue reading “Christmas 2025”
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33 Frivolous Pricks
This work, my 12th, looks at the historical episodes of the 20th century in the US—mostly the 1950s and 1960s—that defined the baby-boomer generation and the early years of my youth. There is destruction—bombs drop, dams burst, volcanos erupt, zeppelins crash, hurricanes ravage. Bad things happen. There are riots and there are killings (many ofContinue reading “33 Frivolous Pricks”
Another interview …
I’ve just published my 11th novel called “The Fanny Upping”. Here’s an interview I did last week with Literary Titan: Author Interview – Michael A. Greco The Fanny Upping follows a Japanese girl living in a multi-dimensional mayhem who is trying to unravel everything that has turned upside down and backward in the world.What was the inspirationContinue reading “Another interview …”
Updates and Adverbs
Inspiration from William Blake: “The best way — and the only effective way — to complain about the way things are is to make new and better things, untested and unexampled things, things that spring from the gravity of creative conviction and drag the status quo like a tide toward some new horizon.” Welcome readers!Continue reading “Updates and Adverbs”
Magic Beans: Summer — Good Book, Bad Book
Joyful summer salutations to everyone, and welcome back to Magic Beans! In an interview with my snarky muse (SM), we talk about the writing process and what separates good books from bad books.
Magic Beans — April: On my second novel and satire and its use
Announcing my second novel, “Cuckoo Heartfully.” Also, I use a lot of satire in my writing, but what is satire?
Magic Beans Summer Spotlight
This summer’s comic fantasy spotlight is on… Charlie Kaufman!!! Everybody knows Charlie Kaufman, right? He’s an American screenwriter, producer, director. He wrote, among many others, the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), three scripts that appear in the Writers Guild of America‘s list of the 101 greatest movie screenplays ever written. In 2020,Continue reading “Magic Beans Summer Spotlight”
Cohesion and Double Mumbo Jumbo in “Hollyweird Needs”
Interviewer: So, you’ve finished your ninth novel. What’s it about? Me: It’s about teens on the autism spectrum who discover time travel. Interviewer: (hissing and arching back) Whoa, whoa, whoa! Haven’t you ever heard of double mumbo-jumbo? Me: This isn’t double mumbo-jumbo. Interviewer: (narrowing eyes) How why not? Me: How why not? Is that English?Continue reading “Cohesion and Double Mumbo Jumbo in “Hollyweird Needs””
Contrast, Pacing and Secrets in Project Purple
SM (Snarky Muse): Why so glum? Me: I’m an Indie writer with marketing blues. Someone’s got to sell the stuff I write, and the family cat (now licking its butt on the windowsill with an impressive leg extension) isn’t exactly volunteering. SM: So, it’s all up to you. Me: Yeah, but I get distracted. First, IContinue reading “Contrast, Pacing and Secrets in Project Purple”
Neurosis and Dialog in “Plum Rains on Happy House”
Me: I have to finish my ninth book, but this one is hard. I think all this alone time is starting to get to me. Snarky Muse (SM): What do you mean alone time? You’ve got me—I’m your inspirational muse. Me: I still feel alone. I’m starting to think it’s unhealthy. All I seem toContinue reading “Neurosis and Dialog in “Plum Rains on Happy House””
Michael A. Greco 