Steven M. Moore's Blog, page 29
October 1, 2021
“Friday Fiction” Series: Poetic Justice, Chapters Four through Six…
[Note from Steve: Missing something? For those of you who enjoyed reading my politically-oriented articles about current events in the US and around the world, you’ll now find them at http://pubprogressive.com. Please drop by if you’re interested.]
[Note 2 from Steve: I’m having way too much fun writing these British-style mysteries to stop now. This one combines the amateur-detective theme of Irish writer Declan O’Hara paired with the professional-detective theme of Scotland Yard’s DS Margaret ...
September 29, 2021
“Inspiring Songs” Series #4: “America”…
[Note 1 from Steve: Missing something? For those of you who enjoyed reading my politically-oriented articles about current events in the US and around the world, you’ll now find them at http://pubprogressive.com. Please drop by if you’re interested.]
[Note 2 from Steve: If you’ve downloaded “Mayhem, Murder, and Music,” the free collection of short crime fiction—see the “Free Stuff & Contests” web page if you haven’t—you know that music often inspires me. It’s always been part of my life. I even ...
September 27, 2021
I give up…
[Note 1 from Steve: Missing something? For those of you who enjoyed reading my politically-oriented articles about current events in the US and around the world, you’ll now find them at http://pubprogressive.com. Please drop by if you’re interested.]
[Note 2 from Steve: My blog readers can consider this article a sequel to “I’m a failure…,” my 6/9/2021 article that’s about as equally positive and negative as this one. Read on if you want to learn more truth about this publishing business!]
I giv...
September 24, 2021
“Friday Fiction” Series: Poetic Justice, Chapters One through Three…
[Note from Steve: I’m having way too much fun writing these British-style mysteries to stop now. This one combines the amateur-detective theme of Irish writer Declan O’Hara paired with the professional-detective theme of Scotland Yard’s DS Margaret Bent. Enjoy.]
Poetic Justice
Copyright 2021, Steven M. Moore
Chapter One
The constable was amiable and chatty, but Declan only half-listened to the Cockney’s rambling discourse after the fellow had taken his statement, especially when the woman approa...
September 22, 2021
“Inspiring Songs” series #3: “Onward Christian Soldiers”…
[Note from Steve: If you’ve downloaded “Mayhem, Murder, and Music,” the free collection of short crime fiction—see the “Free Stuff & Contests” web page if you haven’t—you know that music often inspires me. It’s always been part of my life. I even attempted once to write a Broadway-style musical based on Huxley’s Ape and Essence (it’s now shredded—I didn’t get much further than a rousing march, “Seventy-Six Trombones” in an apocalyptic setting). This series of posts was also inspired by music. I ...
September 20, 2021
Review of Amy Klobuchar’s Antitrust…
Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age. Amy Klobuchar, author. (Knopf, 2021, ISBN 978-0-525-65489-6) Monopolies are just one tool of many America’s fascist plutocracy employs to enrich itself at the cost of the rest of us. Here the author, a prominent senator, tells the story of monopolies and trust-busting in America (or the lack thereof). Often centering things on her home state of Minnesota or America’s Midwest, she follows monopolies from colonial times to...
Can today’s authors compete with visual media?
[Note from Steve: Double feature today! This article is followed by a book review.]
Movies, streaming videos, computer games—these are three audiovisual media, emphasis on the visual, to which people are addicted. Authors are told to show not tell (more terrible advice from writing gurus!), but “showing” isn’t really possible in novels, is it? Their media reduces to words on the written page; there’s nothing audiovisual about that.
But avid readers know they can create their own visuals from th...
September 17, 2021
“Friday Fiction” Series: The Prodigal Son, Chapters Ten to Twelve…
[As a native son of the great state of California, I can emphasize with Irwin Pound’s sentiments found in this short novella (or long short story?). My distance from my current home in Montclair to California is farther than his distance from London to the Lake District, but the yearning is probably just as strong. I hope you enjoy this story, another British-style mystery, which concludes today. (For previous chapters, see the “Friday Fiction” archive.)]
The Prodigal Son
Copyright 2021, Steven ...
September 15, 2021
“Inspiring Songs” Series #2: “Nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’…but it’s free”…
[Note from Steve: If you’ve downloaded “Mayhem, Murder, and Music,” the free collection of short crime fiction—see the “Free Stuff & Contests” web page if you haven’t—you know that music often inspires me. It’s always been part of my life. I even attempted once to write a Broadway-style musical based on Huxley’s Ape and Essence (it’s now shredded—I didn’t get much further than a rousing march, “Seventy-Six Trombones” in an apocalyptic setting). This series of posts was also inspired by music. I ...
September 13, 2021
Education…
I gave my newsletter subscribers a little spiel about the importance of education this month, so I thought I’d elaborate on it a bit more. While most of us might recognize the importance of both formal and informal education, I haven’t used education as a major theme in my novels, or educators, for that matter.
Sure, Detective Castilblanco takes his Buddhist lessons from his mentor, and STEM student Kayla Jones has an early school friend in Billy, but my novels don’t take place in a classroom. ...
