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When someone mentions "The Good Book," I always assume they are speaking of Slaughterhouse-Five. I think the world would be a kinder, gentler place if we based more of our morality on Vonnegut's works rather than the books many of us revere. He passed in April of 2007, but I think of him whenever I [...]
My next novel is now finished, and I am in the process of seeking representation. This can take some time. In some cases, it's more than a year before you hear anything back from agents and publishers. I wanted all of you to know what it is about and that, regardless of how these submissions [...]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/62Lt0AQO72HydJXYyFVvJh?si=0payviVJSSij6WgexwBW2w&dl_branch=1 Vonnegut probably would have said that people are Mistake Machines. We all make mistakes, and we are as prolific and proficient at making them as we are at making anything else we have ever made. He also may have said that the best Mistake Machines of all are also fantastic Apology Machines because, while [...]
Currently reading: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Vonnegut was as close to understanding the meaning of life as anyone who has ever existed, though I’m sure that in his own estimation he would say he was farther away from that understanding than anyone could ever calculate. The rest of us are that same exact incalculable [...]
Joseph D. Newcomer 