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…
Evocations: Peter Falk Renders Lieutenant Columbo in Charcoal
I haven't posted one of these for a while. This short bio-fictional piece is part of a series I'm writing under the title Evocations. Peter Falk Renders Lieutenant Columbo in Charcoal Well, yeah. It happens all the time. Like paying sales tax: a small percentage added, insignificant and worth more to the greater good than…
Maxime François-Poncet — Excerpt from Housebreaking the Muse
The following is a draft excerpt from my novel in progress, Housebreaking the Muse. The novel is haunted by the character of Jacques Rigaut, the French dadaist, gigolo, drug addict, dandy, and suicide. In this fragment, Maxime Fraçois-Poncet begins to say his piece. Poncet was a boyhood friend of Rigaut, who believed he shared a…
J.R. Learns of the Death of His Friend Max — Excerpt from Housebreaking the Muse
The following is a draft excerpt from my novel in progress, Housebreaking the Muse. Here, Ubu peeks into the state of mind of Jacques Rigaut, who has just received a letter informing him of the death his very close friend, Maxime Fraçois-Poncet, killed while serving at the front near Boudry. Plunged into the gritty nebulae…
Craft Notes: Dialogue
Paul West asserts that dialogue in fiction is for the eye, a way of offering the reader a bit of a rest now and then, and little more. I've been accused eschewing dialogue in my own work. But such readers might want to reconsider: could be all my work is composed of a dialogue, with…
Ed Desautels' Maximum Fiction 