During the Great Depression they were called Hoovervilles, makeshift communities of the homeless. In an op-ed piece in today’s NY Post, Betsy McCaughey dubs Los Angeles the homeless capital of the nation, which is not surprising given its weather and liberal policies. L.A.’s cardboard shanties have been dubbed Obamavilles. If the media ever gets around to reporting on this, the term will probably be Bushvilles.
In another opinion piece, Jonathan Podhoretz argues that since pollsters have been egregiously wrong lately, Trump’s lead may not be genuine. Interesting.
Kinesha, aka Mrs. Eclectic, and Jeanette, the dentist’s wife, have both enjoyed A Hitch in Twilight and asked if I had another short story collection in the works. I had not planned one, as I have four more novels on file on my PC, and I wanted to publish one each of the next four years. When the meanies who have infected my computer somehow wiped out the data recovery stick I was using as a backup, the revision of my first novel, Five Cents, was completely lost. I’d pared it from 700+ pages to 300 or so. Fortunately, I still have the original manuscript, but revision will entail a lot of time and work. I doubt I can get it ready in less than six months. I may have hit upon a solution -- publishing a story collection to fill the gap next year. It will not take much work. I’ve already begun putting the file together and have saved it at Google Docs, where all my unpublished work now is backed up. Trouble is, only five of the stories will be of the type in Hitch, which may disappoint the aforementioned ladies. I’ll have a lot to do to fill time if this winter is as bad as last year’s, which is a good thing.
My thanks to the gentleman who bought the large two part Russian texts on sex, which sold in the first two minutes of operation. There was nothing doing the next two hours. I was thinking I needed a visit from the guy who usually bought a number of non-fiction books on Wednesdays. Suddenly he was there. His name is Jimmy and, noting my picture on the back cover of Close to the Edge, bought not only it but Killing, Rising Star and Hitch. No doubt he was showing his appreciation for the bargains I've allowed him throughout the year, and today when he was entitled to twelve free books with his purchase. Thank you, sir, and to Alan, who bought Steven White's Missing Persons.
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Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic's Horror Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3f
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