School of the Ages

Here is a selection from the first draft of School of the Ages V:  The Wonderful Carol. Enjoy --  Matt

Mr. Dancer’s lips curled. “The contract with the funeral home is in an envelope in the bag outside, man. And there’s a doctor’s report showing that I have terminal liver cancer. I don’t, but I’ll do a spell to make it look that way. Also, my ...

My interview blog has been pretty quiet since the monumental appearance of Mitch Horowitz -- but I just can't resist hosting a visit from my Queens neighbor, an excellent swing dancer, teacher, and home cook, and a great contributor to my volume How to Write Dialogue, at last... it's  d'1'n'only ...

This one's special, folks -- as a fan of paranormal nonfiction myself, I can't be happier to have secured an interview with the publishing world's most astonishing paranormal polymath. He's a professional dynamo -- you wouldn't believe how many things he is doing at one time. In this interview I ask him what he is working on as well as how on earth he manages to handle such a busy career. I also go in-depth with some issues of society and culture that I think he hasn't been ...

I am happy to have exchanged interviews with fellow teacher and YA author Leti Del Mar. I love teachers who write -- and I especially like Leti because she has a huge cat! Read on!

I like to start each interview with a sense of...

Here's a guest post from science fiction maven Tony Healey.

Tony previously appeared on this website ...

I've been connected to author Nicole Storey on social media for some time, but until recently we didn't talk. As soon as we started talking (as usually happens) it turns out she's just the kind of person I like to join for a good long talk about life and writing.

This time we have a change of pace here at School of the Ages as I interview not a book author but a book blogger -- John McAlester, the driving force behind PigeonLab.net, which looks at the cutting edge of the publishing industry. (This is part of an interview exchange -- I will be appearing on John’s blog in July.) For this interview, we’re going to take a look at the publishing world’s big picture a...

I meet many authors on Twitter these days, and Russ Hovendick is one such. I offered him an interview in order to ask some tough questions about the job market for young people (and ex-teachers). He's a great friend to veterans, and is giving college scholarships with his own funds. Read on to find out more about both.

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Thriller authorhttps://nathanieldeanjames.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Nathaniel Dean James is relatively new to the book market, but he is far from new to life -- I enjoy talking to well-travelled people, and this gentleman and I have a lot of places in common to talk about. Oh -- and we talk about his book as well.

UPDATE -- ALL LINKS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AND TESTED.

I don't often review movies -- not because I don't like to, but because there are only so many things I can do with my energy and some have to be sacrificed. But for Godzilla (2014), I will make an exception, because I am one of those individuals who have seen every Godzilla movie, starting from childhood. I wil...