A cold winter chill made me think I was back in Pittsburgh. The breeze seemed to come out of nowhere, and then I turned around like someone had tapped me on the shoulder, and I wasn’t sure exactly how long I had been walking or why I’d even begun my walk, but I was thinking … Continue reading
Author Archives: Daniel Clausen
Music Review: On Wonderwalls, Slipping Away, and Loving Things to Death in the Music of Roxanne Andrighetti
Just maybe…I need someone to save me…I need a wonderwall. I never even stopped to consider what a wonderwall was until very recently. According to Urban Dictionary, it’s someone you’re completely infatuated with. And that makes sense, we always bestow the things we love with heroic features. Our wonderwalls can save us, even when … Continue reading
Kindle Giveaway – The Lexical Funk
Eternally in Progress (Pure Writerly Moments)
*This short essay comes from the book “Pure Writerly Moments.” You can read the book for free on Wattpad. Click this link to read more: https://www.wattpad.com/504349120-pure-writerly-moments-the-best-of-goodreads-blog I sometimes wonder what it would feel like to be a columnist or a TV writer, some job with a deadline. Everything would be a thing about to be finished. … Continue reading
Review of Kyoko Mori’s “Polite Lies”
I loved Kyoko Mori’s commitment to honesty, even when that meant blackening the eyes of people in her family. I don’t always approve of this kind of behavior. Hemingway did it with people in his life. The book is about rejecting polite lies for the sake of honesty. Honesty can be a release. It can … Continue reading
Rejection Letter from Touch of Sophistication Magazine
This rejection letter comes from a free ebook you can download on Goodreads. Download the book here: https://www.goodreads.com/reader/78743-reejecttion?return_to=%2Fbook%2Fshow%2F22874286-reejecttion Listen Man, I ain’t your friend! I ain’t here to tell you the world is sunshine and roses. The truth is cold, hard, and dirty: your work was one of 500 some odd submissions we received … Continue reading
Underground Novel – Ending Number 4
The fourth ending to The Underground Novel is now finished! This ending could not have happened without the help of Lee Punke! Please take a moment to read the ending here: https://www.wattpad.com/639593027-the-underground-novel-an-alternative-guide-to-life Thanks Punke! Continue reading
