http://www.byseanferrell.com/ en-us 2010-03-10T10:37:06-05:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/W6-rsNHyzNg/a_post_about_how_i_will_be_mod.html I will be moderating Evan Mandery's reading tonight in Manhattan. March 10, 2010 (7:00pm) TONIGHT! (unless you're not reading this on March 10, 2010). Barnes & Noble 97 Warren Street New York, NY I was thrilled to be asked and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/W6-rsNHyzNg" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-03-10T10:37:06-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/03/a_post_about_how_i_will_be_mod.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/DpQapune9ag/review_the_prisoner_by_thomas.html My most recent review, of The Prisoner by Thomas M. Disch is live at PopMatters. A snippet: Ultimately, Number Six and his attempts to prove that he is not a number are a thinly veiled metaphor for our own attempts...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/DpQapune9ag" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-03-09T08:14:50-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/03/review_the_prisoner_by_thomas.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/tLv6sbf5Npk/evan_mandery_reading.html The brilliant Evan Mandery has a reading coming up: March 10, 2010 (7:00pm) Barnes & Noble 97 Warren Street New York, NY He will be reading from his brilliantly funny second novel, First Contact. I loved his first, Dreaming...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/tLv6sbf5Npk" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-03-08T11:10:58-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/03/evan_mandery_reading.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/ijF0EWXY3Kc/i_read_a_lot_of_threads.html I came down with some sort of horrible stomach virus last night. I'm still not certain I survived. If so, I'm considering hiring a MTA bus driver to run over me. Please don't pity me, pity those who have to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/ijF0EWXY3Kc" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-03-03T10:06:55-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/03/i_read_a_lot_of_threads.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/kf-togOzvCY/i_came_in_fourth_at_a_round-ta.html I was honored to be part of a four author round table discussion for Writing.com. The other, far-more-interesting-than-me, participants were Tracy Garrett, Kiersten White, and Natalie Whipple. We were whipped into shape, I mean, moderated by S.M. Blooding. You can...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/kf-togOzvCY" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-02-23T11:00:02-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/02/i_came_in_fourth_at_a_round-ta.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/JKmuWIqcksU/at_last_i_have_an_anthem.html Dedicated to Jeff Somers. (Special thanks to Kari Dell for bringing it to my attention.)...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/JKmuWIqcksU" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-02-09T14:25:23-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/02/at_last_i_have_an_anthem.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/aoEbpcoREyA/a_profile_in_my_hometown_paper.html The Daily Star, in Oneonta, New York, was interested in doing a profile of me. I'm excited to discover that it's now available here....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/aoEbpcoREyA" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-02-09T13:22:00-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/02/a_profile_in_my_hometown_paper.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/Bb2dWvCEGNE/rip_jd_salinger.html It was while reading Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction that I realized I wanted to write fiction for a living. Goodbye, Mr. Salinger. More later....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/Bb2dWvCEGNE" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-01-28T13:48:59-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/01/rip_jd_salinger.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/whNmucv2yaw/clowns_are_funny.html What a person finds funny tells you all you need to know about them. I find this funny. Very, very, very funny. I'm still crying as I type this....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/whNmucv2yaw" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-01-26T12:11:54-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/01/clowns_are_funny.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/YK7-IFsB4m0/transitions.html My four-year-old son has trouble with transitions. In school and at home moving from one task or activity to another too abruptly causes anxiety, stress and the occasional tantrum. My wife and I try to combat this by preparing him...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/YK7-IFsB4m0" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2010-01-08T10:52:48-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2010/01/transitions.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/NVfiRwRbwAE/star_wars_the_force_unleashed.html What keeps me from working on my writing? Yeah, pretty much this:...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/NVfiRwRbwAE" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2009-12-15T17:30:31-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2009/12/star_wars_the_force_unleashed.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/TiNXM78PRmc/numb_the_cover.html <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/TiNXM78PRmc" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2009-12-08T17:54:09-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2009/12/numb_the_cover.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/FnbGoba4qk4/my_review_the_simpsons_an_unce.html My review is now up at Popmatters: here. A preview: Imagine you are waiting tables at a wedding reception. You wander among the tables, filling glasses and laying down plates of food. You are likely to hear snippets of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/FnbGoba4qk4" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2009-12-01T02:53:01-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2009/12/my_review_the_simpsons_an_unce.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/bsngmSy83qM/muppets_perform_bohemian_rhaps.html If this doesn't make you smile, then you may not be alive....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/bsngmSy83qM" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2009-11-24T15:46:21-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2009/11/muppets_perform_bohemian_rhaps.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~3/lmDLP1Me8qI/my_review_of_running_away_at_p.html My review of Running Away by Jean Philippe Toussaint is up at PopMatters. A sample: In the spirit of Camus and Beckett, Jean-Philippe Toussaint has provided a slice of a character's life so uncanny and deep that to try...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/byseanferrell_rdf/~4/lmDLP1Me8qI" height="1" width="1"/> sferrell 2009-11-16T08:32:06-05:00 http://www.byseanferrell.com/2009/11/my_review_of_running_away_at_p.html