I didn’t write this, but it pertains to my article… [SETH ABRAMSON RESPONDS]

Right now, in faculty rooms across the country, admissions officials are trying to winnow out the next batch of Masters of Fine Arts diploma candidates, America’s presumptive writing elite….

The Whitney Biennial is something of a coming-out party for mostly young and mostly unknown contemporary artists working in America. To announce the much-anticipated list of artists selected for this year’s show, which opens in New York on February 25th, the two curators, Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari, have supplemented the traditional press release with [...]

And of course, on the left, my (real life, very red) muse: Thanks to Models.com and V Magazine for the images

Port Lightning would have been an important pitstop along the Silk Road or an alternate sea route. During the immediate pre-history of Feral City, the Island would have been played a prominent role during the Iran-Iraq war and Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan. As the story progresses (1989-1999), the island would have been at least a [...]

In an effort to streamline the R&D, and eventually production, we are implementing the 40 methodologies of TRIZ – designed the Altshuller Institute. More information will follow. And for my Russian, Ukrainian and Latvian friends:

Alzheimer’s and parents’ deaths lose their force as plot devices/ emotion tweakers after the 100th read or so; Plagiarizing premises’ from famous short stories dilutes their power; Using graduate school as a setting or graduate students as characters seems lazy and boring; Plot remains paramount – well-written plotless stories dominate slushpiles; The ability to convey [...]