Life has been running away with me for several weeks, hence the scarcity of posts. In between life's demands, I've had the great pleasure of recording two appearances for Mark Seinfelt's webcast "Word Patriots." On next week's show (July 4), I review Mark's novel Baldr and Beatrice. On July 11, I explain how the work…
Author Dave Kress recently joined host Mark Seinfelt on the webcast Word Patriots for a lively and often humorous discussion of Dave's thoughts on fiction and writing. Mark and Dave also discuss Dave's books Counting Zero, Martians, and his recently published novel Hush. To conclude the program, Dave offers a reading from the opening chapter…
I'm pleased to have been interviewed by Mark Seinfelt for the inaugural program of his "Word Patriots" series on WebRadio.com. Click the link below to access the program. The interview segment begins at about the 12:25 mark. Interview with Ed on Word Patriots Mark and I discuss the current plight of the writer of literary…
One Hundred Names for Love Diane Ackerman Hardcover: 322 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (April 4, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 9780393072419 ISBN-13: 978-0393072419 ASIN: 039307241X The Internet Stroke Center notes that 795,000 people suffer a stroke every year. Of these, roughly 600,000 are first attacks, and 185,000 are recurrent attacks. In 2003, novelist…
Praised for his works of historical fiction, notably Symphonie Fantastique and Henry Boulanger of Mushannon Town: A Novel of the American Revolution, Mark Seinfelt has ventured afield to give us Baldr and Beatrice, an impressive appropriation of Norse legend. In this telling, Seinfelt unravels a rich and subtle analysis of the psychology of friendship and…
Ed Desautels' Maximum Fiction 