Sometimes, the folks who use our weekly newspaper’s call-in service lose me along the way. This lament, for instance. I understand what he or she is saying, but the thesis statement seems unconnected to the exposition, if I may be permitted to go all lit-jock…

You remember Mork and Mindy, right? Starring Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, and Robin Williams? He gets two credits, because he was all over the place. I’m not doing NaNo this year (at least, I don’t plan to, but you never know), but I’m always ready…

Here’s a bit from THE WOLVES OF PORT NOVO, which my critique partners also call THE NOVEL FORMERLY KNOWN AS EEL’S REVERENCE. In this bit, Theofric, the merchant who has been using people like his own private action figures, finds out that they’re actual people,…