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R.I.P. Stanley Crouch

December 1, 2020 Christopher Clancy

His ability to speak and write on jazz, “America’s music,” was singular. His ability to not only back up but expand on his strong opinions about music, race, and art was deft, enlightening, genius.

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Posted in: Ephemera Filed under: Algonquin Hotel, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Rockefeller Center, Stanley Crouch, The New Republic, The New Yorker

The Psychopath Test, The Men Who Stare at Goats

September 14, 2020 Christopher Clancy

Probably the biggest influence of The Men Who Stare at Goats came via my decision to feature a goat in a particularly bizarre and gruesome chapter of We Take Care of Our Own.

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Posted in: On Background Filed under: Bob Hare, John R. Brinkley, Jon Ronson, PsyOps, Satan

Worldbuilding: A Mansplanation

August 7, 2020 Christopher Clancy 1 Comment

I took it upon myself to learn what it is we’re talking about when we talk about worldbuilding. I’d like to share some of the more interesting tidbits with you.

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: J.R.R. Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut, mansplain, N.K. Jemisin, Shakespeare, Star Trek, The Porch Nashville

On Killing, Do Not Resist

July 3, 2020 Christopher Clancy

On Killing is a hefty one — my paperback edition comes in at nearly 350 pages — and yet it’s extremely readable, with mind-blowing insights every few pages.

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Posted in: On Background Filed under: Dave Grossman, Do Not Resist, militarization, On Killing

Network, Dr. Strangelove

April 29, 2020 Christopher Clancy

There’s nothing I find more fascinating in a book or movie or whatever than a group of people discussing the making or breaking of human lives in purely practical terms.

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Posted in: On Background Filed under: Dr. Strangelove, earnings calls, Network, Peter Sellers

Timelines

April 11, 2020 Christopher Clancy

Not that I imagine anyone ever noticing, but there’s a good chance that, even amid the beautifully formatted timelines offered by Preceden, I still have a few time-sensitive mistakes.

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Infinite Jest, Preceden, timelines

Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army

March 22, 2020 Christopher Clancy

The pitfalls of privatizating the military is a major theme of my novel. Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army bestowed on me invaluable insight in my development of that theme.

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Posted in: On Background Filed under: Blackwater, Erik Prince, Iraq, Jeremy Scahill, Machiavelli, Paul Wolfowitz

Feedback (Part 3 of 3)

March 17, 2020 Christopher Clancy

To a long-struggling writer who never got into it for the money, an advance is an advance, and if a company is willing to give you one plus take on all the expenses involved in publishing your work, you better take it, dummy.

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Posted in: Getting Published Filed under: Unsolicited Press, Washington Post, Wordpress

Feedback (Part 2 of 3)

March 11, 2020 Christopher Clancy

There’s a common, not terribly clever term many writers use to capture the toil and frustration involved in the submission process: banging one’s head against the wall.

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Posted in: Getting Published Filed under: Aethon Books, Montag Press, To Kill a Mockingbird

Feedback (Part 1 of 3)

March 10, 2020 Christopher Clancy

Why expend the energy of replying to an unknown author’s email? Just because you state on your company web site that you welcome unsolicited emails and make every effort to respond in a timely fashion? Pfft, get real.

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Posted in: Getting Published Filed under: Felicia Eth Representation, Hell, query letter

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