“…don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t.” – Anne Lamott I’m currently working on my next novel, What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? I’m not spending as much time on the work as I would like at the moment, but I’m filling in more of the …
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From the Livejournal Archives: Boring and Interesting
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 piece I wrote almost 17 years ago entitled Boring and Interesting, in which I reference the 80’s British show The Young Ones to …
Test – This post is a test!
This is a test of the Terminal Berkeley Denizen Blog. This is only a test. Had this been an actual blog post, you would have received a political rant, a list of recommended books or movies, or possible more reasons why Shakespeare was a fraud. In the event of an actual post, you will become …
Gender Swap Casting: Road Warrior
(AKA Mad Max 2 in certain locales!) What is gender swap casting you say? Recently on Facebook, in the Wake of the recent and controversial Joker movie, I was inspired by a tweet by blogger Geraldine DeRuiter who said the Joker should be a woman. I asked my Facebook friends about a theoretical Joker movie …
It’s Time for Liberals and Progressives to Sell Out
One of my Berniac friends posted on Facebook with the hashtag #NeverBiden. When I saw that hashtag, the first thing I thought was “Trump wins the 2020 Election for President!” If there was ever a tumultuous time for Trump it’s right now. His Ukraine scandal, a scandal that wasn’t even on the radar amidst all …
How Facebook Helped me Recognize Toxic Relationships
Facebook doesn’t have the best reputation at times. From fake news and “fake news” and hate speech and misinformation, to the perpetuation of frippery: The time wasting practice of looking at cat pictures and posting silly memes. Many people, even regular Facebook users, often deride it as a pernicious waste of time. But Facebook has …
Jamie Sims Coakley reads from my novel The Clubber
Jamie Sims Coakley, thee head honcho of Nadine Records and Media, reads from my Dark Eighties novel The Clubber!
Quotes from my novel The Falling Circle
Here are some quotes and short excerpts from my novel The Falling Circle, a story about being down and out and punk AF in the big city. Available on Amazon.com “Didja’ buy any crack on th’ way to work?” asked Zack. “Yeah, but I smoked it all up before I got here.” “Damn. I need …
How to Impress an Interviewee!
AKA: : Making a Good Impression on That Guy That’s Not Going to Get the Job! “Say what?” you might be asking yourself. Why in the world would you want to impress an interviewee? It’s their job to impress you, right? Companies are constantly promoting themselves: Through advertising and seminars and all kinds of PR …
Talking to Gust – An excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle
This is an excerpt from my recently published novel The Falling Circle, available for Kindle and in paperback on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Circle-Jeffrey-Matucha-ebook/dp/B07K7NVKBW/ Talking to Gust Preston was meditating on the faint, translucent swirls oozing around the surface of his coffee when he heard someone bounding down the hall. Ka-flump, KA-flumP, KAFLuMP! The kaflumping got closer and …