by Bill McCurry | Feb 18, 2019 | Creativity, Entertainment, Writing
I published a novel, Death’s Collector, on Sunday, and cheering bounced around inside my brain. Outside my brain, less cheering was done, and by less I mean none, which is fine. If some people said, “Hey, cool,” when their pre-release copy showed up, I consider that a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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