
Roger Avary, the Pulp Fiction story writer, is tweeting observations from behind bars. Sentenced last month and currently serving a year’s prison sentence for driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter, Avary’s musings could be seen as inspirational to most fledgling writers. In fac...
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Dear England, I'm pleased to report I've been invited for a job interview for Lebanon Valley College. LVC is located in Annville, a small town in Pennsylvania about 35 miles east of the state capital, Harrisburg. It's a really picturesque part of the country, with rolling hills, classic American...
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The very first thing the President did was to show me the new Presidential Seal, which he had just redesigned. He explained, 'The seal has to go everywhere the President goes. It must be displayed upon the lectern when he speaks. The eagle used to face the arrows but I have re-designed it so that...
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Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished novella, The Original of Laura, is being published despite the author's instructions that it be destroyed after his death.-"Language leads a double life – and so does the novelist. You chat with family and friends, you attend to your correspondence, you consult menus...
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My little nieces Grace and Beatrice recently turned 5 and 3. That may not seem like momentous news to some, but to me, it's momentous news. Yes, the pictures are from when they were babies, just to mix things up a bit.Smile ladies!Cheese!PS The less said about their mother turning 35 the better.L...
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The greatest story ever told (as debated here) has been given a new leash of life by His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman. In a new project, Pullman has written an alternative Bible passage re-imagining the fate of Jesus Christ, who, it is written, was killed by the Romans (or not). Talkin...
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Matt Fullerty
I like Paul Morphy's chess so much I wrote a novel about his adventurous and sad life, and his amazing games. I hope you like it!
Please see http://www.mattfullerty.com for the full story. Boy the boy could play!
All best,
Matt Fullerty
www.mattfullerty.com
Hello! I'm happy to report that I've written about half of my second novel The Murderess and the Hangman,about 52,000 words. Iaim to make itpast90-100,000 words, but that remains to be seen. All in all, I shouldhave acomplete draft in October / November.





















