The New York City Fire Department came to put out a fire on Fulton Street just behind us on Sunday, March 17, a four-alarm fire…and then they were back less than 24 hours later to put out another. Read More : http://mcphedranbadside.com/fulton-street-fires-ncaa-tournament-picks/

Send a query letter of no more than two pages, which includes your credentials, an explanation of what makes your book unique and special, and a synopsis. Read More : http://mcphedranbadside.com/querying-the-pitch/

This National Hockey League lockout/strike/work stoppage thing is pathetic; the owners and players can make as many serious faces and proclamations as they like, but the farce has to end. Read Full Article Here : http://mcphedranbadside.com/i-own-hockey/

It’s not often an athlete waxes any eloquence, more rarely so as Shakespearean in their use of repetition as Allen Iverson was some 10 years ago. “We’re talking about practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We’re talking about practice.” Read Full Article Here : http://mcphedranbadside.com/ode-to-iverson-were-talking-about-practice/

This Thing Called Race: Adichie’s “Americanah” Posted on June 11, 2017 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah is a long and winding love story, unavoidably about race: “I mean ‘nigger is a word that exists. People use it. It is part of America. It has caused a lot of pain to people and I think it is insulting to bleep it out. (168) ...

Nine Tips for Your Writing Process I am deep into this blog now (eight years and 1,250 posts) and so this is as good a time as any try to finally hit that nail on the head. What is this blog? Why am I doing this? My writing process. That’s what it is! And so, at long last, I will offer my nine bits. ONE: Find your process, whatever that is. Figure that out. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond Series, wrote every morning and then went for a swim. Woody Allen writes longhand. I text myse...