Found these interviews with writer Harry Crews via Mike Cane over at the eBook Test blog. As expected, Crews is salty, slightly insane, and yet spot on about a lot of things. Some favorites:

“All of fiction is about one of two things: love or the absence of love, nothing else…I’m not sure if he’s wrong, I’m sure he’s right either, but he might be.”

“The writer’s job is to get naked, to hide nothing, to look away from nothing, to look at it, to not blink, to not be embarrassed by it, or ashamed of it. Strip it down and let’s get to where the blood is, the bone is…”

And Harry’s great insight: “The Old Man and the Sea is not about fishing.”

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Once again, I had a blast appearing on the Meet the Authors show in Second Life. Adele Ward (aka Jilly Kidd) and I had a great Q&A about short stories, influences, and my writing style. I read excerpts from “Taking the Happy Bus on Home” and “The Fabulous Omar,” both of which are part of my new collection of stories, The Love Book. Not only could the people who showed up enjoy the event, but it was broadcast throughout Second Life by SLCN.

Here are several videos from the event, including the reading of “Taking the Happy Bus On Home”. You can view the entire event footage on SLCN’s site.

Q&A Part 1

Here are some photos from the event:

Mr. T’s “Treat Her Right” mother song

“Mother, there is no other…E is every wrinkle I put on her face.”"

Mr. T’s Fashion Show

“Hey! Everybody gotta wear clothes. If you don’t you get arrested. Here’s Xena & Xena, from San Bernadina…”

The only thing that rivals these is William Shatner’s interpretation of Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” Because you really need three Bill Shatner’s to do it properly…