It still just absolutely boggles my mind how anyone could possibly ever think that electing Trump was, is, or could be, in any way, shape, or form, a good idea. It is unfathomable to me. What kind of mental process, in the name of all that’s unholy, could lead anyone, and I mean anyone, into …
Author: termberkden
I am a writer, a software engineer, and a refugee from the punk/metal/new wave/my-God-what-did-we-do-last-night daze of the San Francisco scene.
I write, I run, I actually stop and smell the roses, I meow back at cats, and I pet strange yet friendly dogs.
The Evolution of Skye Wright – The Writing Process
I created the character Skye Wright when I wrote a series of sketched out urban stories called Gutter Folklore. It was my first ever attempt to write a book. In it, I decided to create a lot of typical and high-volume inner city characters, such as the surly punk, a gratuitous junky, a musician with …
Yen – When the Cheeseburger Calls – An Excerpt from my novel Gutter Folklore
Gutter Folklore is a collection of stories I wrote waaaay back when, some of my first attempts to write short stories and a somewhat cohesive narrative. It’s also the stories where I initially developed the extra-urban punk-crust extraordinaire Skye, a persistent character in my fiction. This book is currently available on Amazon! Cruising on a …
Having Fun With Facebook Advertising Algorithms. No, Really!
In order to promote my works of literature I maintain a Facebook page called Jeffrey Vernon Matucha, Author. Facebook pages are de rigeur for people who want to promote just about anything on social media, and Facebook knows it. Facebook offers an advertising service known as Post boosts. Basically you can post something on your …
Seven Black Films You Should See
Daughters of the Dust Much of my insight into black lives and culture has come from writers, such as WEB Dubois, Richard Wright, August Wilson, and Ann Petry, but I have also gotten schooled by many remarkable films about black experience and black lives, in the United States and elsewhere. Here’s a list of seven …
When I won a Baby Shower
Years ago I went to a friend’s baby shower. I knew the couple was expecting a girl, and I was wandering around a toy store wondering what to get the upcoming mini-me of my friend. I wasn’t sure what to get until I saw it in the store. I knew when I spotted it that …
The News Conference I want Trump to Give
This is the news conference I want Trump to give “Today I am announcing a nationwide lockdown to combat and contain the Coronavirus. All schools, universities, libraries, restaurants, churches, and other venues where people congregate will be closed by order of the Federal government for the next eight weeks. Furthermore we are instilling a national …
From the Livejournal Archives: Las Vegas
My blogging career started on Livejournal, oh so many moons ago. I no longer use Livejournal, but I have archived all of my entries and occasionally check them out. This is a post I wrote in November of 2013, ago after a trip to las Vegas, a city that everyone has to visit at least …
The Horniest Lesbian in the World
This is an excerpt from my novel What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? This work is the sequel to my novel Crash Shadow: A Tale of Two Addicts. In this story we follow Skye on a West Coast road trip. This excerpt is about her time in Los Angeles. “Does a guy weigh …
How to buy Speed – A Novel Excerpt from my book Gutter Folklore
Gutter Folklore is a collection of stories I wrote waaaay back when, some of my first attempts to write short stories and a somewhat cohesive narrative. It’s also the stories where I initially developed the extra-urban punk-crust extraordinaire Skye, a persistent character in my fiction. This book is currently available on Amazon! Never call it …