Eduardo Suastegui's Blog, page 37
April 17, 2014
Short Story: Barbershop
Mom stuffs the grocery list, the coupon book and money into my shirt pocket and hands me the scratchy burlap sack for lugging the goods home. Before going to the market, I best get to the barbershop, she says and adds that my hair has gotten long, so the haircut has to happen today, and […]
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February 1, 2014
The Constant Editor
While reading someone else’s writing do you stop at a sentence to edit it in your head so it reads better? Does it ever rankle you when two sentences in a row use passive voice? Do you chop out unnecessary wordiness? Do you reword tired cliches into more clever, snappy phrases? If so, you might […]
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January 29, 2014
A draft’s second wind
This morning I went back to my old computer files to dust off one of my draft novels. I’d put it off for fear of seeing the depths of my ineptitude when I last gave this writing thing a try only to give up in dejected frustration. I learned a few things. First, man, that […]
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January 15, 2014
Short story: Active Shooter
I’ve just posted new short story titled Active Shooter. Check it out and let me know what you think. Synopsis: Andre Esperanza graples with the unwanted fame his intervention to halt a terrorist attack brings him. He reluctantly grants a network interview, only to have the reporter snoop into parts of his life he’s long […]
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January 10, 2014
Creativity and its Creator
Lately I am increasingly facing the realization that for evidence of a Creator I need look no further than my own creativity. Oh, I’ve read a fair share of books presenting this or that other apologetic. Given my engineering background, the design argument used to hold a lot of appeal. All of those arguments seem […]
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January 8, 2014
Inspiration and Spanish Omelettes
A few days back, while writing a chapter for one of my in-work novels, my protagonist cracked some eggs, diced and whipped up a few ingredients and cooked a Spanish Omelette. Well, add this to the things I love about writing: I finally got the courage to cook up one of these. Add this also […]
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January 3, 2014
What we read and how we read it
I just read another article about the pros and cons of reading printed books vs. e-readers. Actually, it’s a head-to-head column worth the read, but which in the end leaves me as dissatisfied as prior, well, reading experiences. And that’s a nice segue-way, because that’s essentially where the column places the focus — on the […]
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