I’ve interviewed a few up and coming writers for this site. Here are my four author interviews in one place! Kim Acrylic “It’s on the edge between young adult and erotica. It’s really hard to narrow it down to a simple, common description. I like to think it pushes boundaries and genre bends.” Rock …
Category: Writing
Quotes from my new novel Stella Maris
These are selected quotes from my new novel Stella Maris, available in paperback and on Kindle! Think of them as mini excerpts! “How the fuck do you remember my birthday?” “It’s still etched on the one brain cell I didn’t burn out,” said Lori as she tapped the side of her head with …
That Book Marketing Thang (Again!) – The Burden of the Indie Author
I recently published my fifth novel What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? and I’m really driven to market this book and try and make it successful. I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written, and my best chance for making a splash on the book scene. But, as many indie …
What the Hell are You Doing? – When Your Book’s Characters Come Alive
“…don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t.” – Anne Lamott “So I told you about Annie Rage an’ my band, an’ you wont tell me about your artwork, so you gotta draw me a picture.” He took the paper and pen. “What do you want me to draw?” …
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 …
Non-Fiction Books for while you’re Sheltering-In Place
Some of my favorite non-fiction book recommendations to help you pass the time while we’re experiencing the Zombie apocalypse. I mean, this Corvid-19 thing. All of these titles have Kindle editions, so you can easily buy them through the series of tubes! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lafayette in the Somewhat United States You cannot lose with a Sarah …
“Omigod, I think this guy is straight!” – An Excerpt from my Novel The Clubber
An excerpt from my novel, The Clubber: A Tale of the Eighties, available now on Amazon.com “Your friend’s upstairs.” He turned around. It was Beth El, this time with a spaced out Throcker hanging off her arm. “What?” “Your friend Serge is upstairs.” “Serge?” “Yes.” No doubt Serge had made it to the club’s covert …
Ten best Movies about Bohemians: Artists, Writers, and Creative Types
This is my top ten list of movies about Bohemians: artists and artistic types, fictional or otherwise. I realize some of your fave bohemian movies may not be on this list. If so, feel free to comment. I also will admit I have not seen some films that could fit into this list, such as …
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 …
Quotes from my novel The Clubber
Here are some quotes and short excerpts from my Eighties novel The Clubber, available on Amazon.com “Gimme a dollar!” grinned Jason. “Um, no.” “Then gimme a kiss.” “Sorry. A kiss costs a dollar.” “I know. That’s why I want the dollar.” He remembered being particularly impressed with one of the man’s works entitled Robot Ham. …