Currently viewing the tag: "Negro Leagues"
One of my favorite short stories, The Master’s Voices, was accepted for publication by The Dos Passos Review. This is especially satisfying because this story has been kicking around for a long time. Most everyone in my various writers groups are also fond of it. I had it workshopped when I attended the […]
One of my favorite short stories, The Master’s Voices, was accepted for publication by The Dos Passos Review. This is especially satisfying because this story has been kicking around for a long time. Most everyone in my various writers groups are also fond of it. I had it workshopped when I attended the Sewanee Writers Conference. One of my instructors there gave me sage advice: “Get out of the way of your story!” Most fiction writers hear this admonishment at some point, in different guises. But it took me several years to figure out what he was talking about. One of the most difficult things in fiction is not listening to critique (well, it might be for some people, I cherish it), but converting the feedback into revisions without destroying your original meaning and intention of the story, especially in subtle ways. Anyway, the only hint I’ll give about the story is a major theme is the Negro Baseball Leagues and some of the players who have very colorful names. Most people are aware of the Baseball Hall of fame in Cooperstown, NY, but fewer know that there is a Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO. I am definitely planning on visiting my next trip across the state (I live in St. Louis).
Your feedback is most welcome!
Recent Posts
- What Debussy, data mining and modeling have in common…
- Turning Traditional Economics Inside Out
- C-IRA Poster for the International Conference on Complex Systems
- The lack of error and uncertainty analysis in our science and technical communications is as pernicious as the ‘partisan divide’
- It’s just not that hard: Earth Day at 50
Recent Comments
- jmakansi on When a Favorite Short Story Expands to a Novel…
- Ronald Gombach on When a Favorite Short Story Expands to a Novel…
- Kathy Schwadel on When a Favorite Short Story Expands to a Novel…
- jmakansi on So Vast the Prison: Takes No Prisoners Regarding the Universal Plight of Women
- Elena on So Vast the Prison: Takes No Prisoners Regarding the Universal Plight of Women
Archives
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- July 2017
- June 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- January 2017
- July 2016
- May 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- August 2015
- May 2015
- March 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- April 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- March 2012
- November 2011
- October 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- March 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- Error gathering analytics data from Google: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-serif}html{background:#fff;color:#222;padding:15px}body{margin:7% auto 0;max-width:390px;min-height:180px;padding:30px 0 15px}* > body{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/robot.png) 100% 5px no-repeat;padding-right:205px}p{margin:11px 0 22px;overflow:hidden}ins{color:#777;text-decoration:none}a img{border:0}@media screen and (max-width:772px){body{background:none;margin-top:0;max-width:none;padding-right:0}}#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat;margin-left:-5px}@media only screen and (min-resolution:192dpi){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat 0% 0%/100% 100%;-moz-border-image:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) 0}}@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:2){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:100% 100%}}#logo{display:inline-block;height:54px;width:150px} 404. That’s an error. The requested URL /analytics/v2.4/data?ids=ga:66373148&metrics=ga:pageviews&filters=ga%3ApagePath%3D%7E%2Ftag%2Fnegro-leagues%2F.%2A&start-date=2024-11-25&end-date=2024-12-25 was not found on this server. That’s all we know.
- Error gathering analytics data from Google: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-serif}html{background:#fff;color:#222;padding:15px}body{margin:7% auto 0;max-width:390px;min-height:180px;padding:30px 0 15px}* > body{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/robot.png) 100% 5px no-repeat;padding-right:205px}p{margin:11px 0 22px;overflow:hidden}ins{color:#777;text-decoration:none}a img{border:0}@media screen and (max-width:772px){body{background:none;margin-top:0;max-width:none;padding-right:0}}#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat;margin-left:-5px}@media only screen and (min-resolution:192dpi){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat 0% 0%/100% 100%;-moz-border-image:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) 0}}@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:2){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:100% 100%}}#logo{display:inline-block;height:54px;width:150px} 404. That’s an error. The requested URL /analytics/v2.4/data?ids=ga:66373148&dimensions=ga:date&metrics=ga:pageviews&filters=ga%3ApagePath%3D%7E%2Ftag%2Fnegro-leagues%2F.%2A&start-date=2024-11-25&end-date=2024-12-25 was not found on this server. That’s all we know.
