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All I Want for Christmas is a Chainsaw to Cut My Novel in Half

by Bill McCurry | Dec 30, 2013 | Creativity, Humor, Writing

Guilt is for children with sticky fingers and mysterious stains. I declare this to be true in defiance of all religious and sociological thought, because I don’t want to mess with guilt today. I haven’t posted for a month, and I don’t even need a reason, never mind a...

The Carrot and the Stick and the Lithium

by Bill McCurry | May 16, 2013 | Creativity, Depression, Humor, Marriage, Relationships

My wife gave me that look again yesterday. It’s not really a bad look, but it is specific to certain situations. I like to imagine that at some point General Custer was talking about whether to ride down to Little Big Horn or to just go home and drink beer. And I like...

Yes, My Blog Was Uglier Than a Goat’s Armpit

by Bill McCurry | May 10, 2013 | Creativity, Humor, Writing

I know, goats technically don’t have armpits. I’m not sure they even have legpits, and I didn’t want to name any of those locations where a goat’s limbs might intersect. Armpit, then. I have been working on a new website for about a year. More...

Bullshit Threatens My Artistic Sensibilities

by Bill McCurry | May 4, 2013 | Acting, Creativity, Humor, Life, Writing

I pitched my new book to agents at the writer’s conference today. Two of them want to see chapters, and one wants to see the full manuscript. I hope the words on paper will live up to the words that came out of my mouth. I’ve only been writing like a...
I Will Take My Beating in Cowed Embarrassment

I Will Take My Beating in Cowed Embarrassment

by Bill McCurry | Apr 29, 2013 | Confidence, Creativity, Depression, Humor, Marriage, Relationships, Writing

Writing brings out the mental illness in me. My wife can testify to this. I’m in control of my behavior almost all the time. As Mark Twain said, “For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.” If I wake up to find my brain mired like a mammoth in...

“You Can Look at the Funny Man, But Don’t Touch Him. He May Have a Liberal Arts Degree.”

by Bill McCurry | Apr 15, 2013 | Acting, Creativity, Entertainment, Humor, Improv

I joined two teenagers in holy wedlock yesterday. I consider it an accomplishment since I’m not a minister, they hadn’t thought about marriage when they got up that morning, and I was wearing a pair of boots on my head. In fact, they had never seen me and didn’t know...
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