The Waiting Game
Full Text of my request to the bastards at Quebec Youth Protection, sent 26th of July: Please find attached a copy of my Medicare card. Pursuant to such confirmation of...
Author: SteveKarmazenuk
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
If you are reading this blog, then you are already aware of the despicable and unethical practices of Quebec’s Direction de Protection de la Jeunesse. You should already know that...
The Rules of Engagement
Early this afternoon I received a phone call from a very panicked H.S., Grand Poobah for the DPJ in this sector, whatever in the fuck that is supposed to mean,...
WE INTERRUPT THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED BLOG…
I have to admit, I did imagine that my return to self-publishing would be a tad more…fast-paced than it is. However, as I do not want to leave this weblog...
Youth “Protection” a racket
“Dear Mr Karmazenuk. We have decided to ignore the fact that you have physical and behavioral issues which, despite ongoing treatment and improved capacities, affect your ability to be consistent...
I’m tired of being an exile; I’m tired of being shunned…
…I want my life back; it’s been a decade…the people who left when I was sick refuse to see me, refuse to forgive…how do I find peace without any mercy,...
WRITING LESSON: A Starving Artist is ALWAYS Hungry
Hello, Acolytes and welcome back to another one of our irregular classes on How to Get an Indie Book Published (We’ve finally gotten a course title workshopped – goes in...
WRITING LESSON: Executive Dysfunction
Okay; so here I am, galley finally put together and done…I wanna make a final pass before I get it printed, but in the meantime, I am coming up with...
Ten Chapters to Go and Thoughts on the Importance of Research, Learning, Open-Mindedness, Communication Skills, Trying New Things, and the Efficacious Talent of Using Brevity in the Titling of Internet Web-Blog Posts.
This is one of those times the little voice in the back of my head is screaming that there is going to be some kind of massive roadblock between me...
Ten Years…
It’s actually been a little longer than 10 years, but, I have been working on They Came in Peace, in one form or another, for most of the last decade....
Halfway Mark
Now, this is probably not an original thought, but I have believed since I was a kid just starting to write that there are only two kinds of writers: Those who want to see their work published and read, and fucking liars.
WRITING LESSON: From the End to the Beginning
Okay, I need to take a break from editing/assembling the galley for They Came in Peace…If it weren’t for writer’s block, days of crippling self-doubt, the frustrated rage of having...