Back up on the farm in Cape Breton for a week of work on the gun book. Pretty desolate. Very quiet. No frills. Perfect. More >>
Archives for September 2016
A Pilgrim’s Progress
There was actually a line of traffic turning into the big Ramada Inn complex in Boxborough, Mass. for the paper show this past Saturday. The lobby was crowded with people. I thought, “Wow! The Flamingoz have really gotten the word out this time.” Then, as I was finding my place at the end of the […] More >>
A Fair Grows in Brooklyn
‘Nuff Said Back before those pretentious Palm Beach promoters took it over, the Baltimore Antique and Book Fair had a warm, friendly feel. It was the first show of the season, sort of like the first day of school, and it was fun to be back in the company of our colleagues after a summer’s […] More >>
A Marketplace of Idiots
My August 29 blog post was a typical, geezerish lament about how the Internet has transformed used books, with no concern for their literary merit, into unsellable dreck. Therefore, instead of being happy, as I used to be upon entering a used book store, these places now fill me with melancholy. End of blog. Yesterday […] More >>
Transgressive
I’m about halfway through the second draft of my novel, and I’m having a difficult time gathering my stock for next weekend’s third annual Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair. To tell you the truth I’m having a difficult time concentrating on anything other than how I’m going to work my way through the next chapter. (My […] More >>