Category Archives: Writing

Topic of Discussion: Flannery O’Connor

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I’m doing this because it has been twice suggested to me that this would be a cool idea. So I’m tossing this out there: who has read O’Connor’s short story A Temple of the Holy Ghost? Thoughts? Observations?

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Reading: The Terrible Speed of Mercy. A spiritual biography of Flannery O’Connor

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I’m just going to have to admit that this woman is easily as fascinating as her work. I’m barely into the third chapter, and it becomes obvious that her awareness of the human condition was extraordinary. But the way she … Continue reading →

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Flannery O’Connor and the inevitable need for a Palette cleanser 

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

In October of 1992, a long-haired, erstwhile rock star boarded a cruise ship and sailed towards the Virgin Islands. That would-be guitar god was me. An unrefined and generally self-absorbed bit of stock I was. Part of the way my … Continue reading →

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The novel: striking my very first words 

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Tomorrow becomes the day that the figurative feet get put to the literal prayers: I will be firing the very first salvo in the journey to write a book. A novel. A farce. An existential comedy. A real humdinger of … Continue reading →

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Book introductions, and why I hate them

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I now have a rule which is nearly intractable: I am no longer going to read the introduction to a book.  At the very LEAST, I’m waiting until after the book is read by me, before doing so.  And ‘d … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

The progenitor of said blog is loaded down. Work (day job) Kids to a class immediately after day job Music practice with youth band after said class Evening service music containing fruits of said practice  Magic tricks for a sober … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow’s outrage

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I figured I’d go ahead and Vlog a small tour through my local used bookstore.  There are actually two of any worth here, but I’m going to plow right into the heart of the Kraken–that acetone-laden behemoth that calls my … Continue reading →

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Download Thimblerig’s Ark

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Nate Fleming’s Narnia-ish/Genesis-ish book, Thimblerig’s Ark, is available for free on the Amazon Kindle side for the next couple of days. I was supposed to read it a long time ago, and now I wound up spiking that little plan … Continue reading →

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On Monday’s show 

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

it seems I’ve got the reflexive need to mention Flannery O’Connor’s works right now. But I can’t help it. As I was reading her story (and my current favorite) The Lame Shall Enter First, I could not help but think … Continue reading →

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I’m Blaming Flannery O’Connor for that last bit of callow humor

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So I just finished reading Flannery O’Connor’s short story, A View of the Woods.  I need not say any more.  I had no idea that, the image I had in my mind of how O’Connor’s work was supposed to be … Continue reading →

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