Ray Bradbury – Confabulator Cafe

Raised by Giants

Jack Campbell, Jr. - April 9, 2012

“…we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they…not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part…but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.” – John of Salisbury, paraphrasing Bernard of Chartes Writers are readers, so I have been told. […]

Listening to the sound of my voice

Kevin Wohler - January 31, 2012

When I first started writing, I never intentionally tried to mirror a favorite writer. The problem was that I hadn’t found my own voice yet. So when I started creating stories, it surprised me when I discovered the stories were not my own. One of my early attempts was to write a science fiction epic […]

A Monk of the Order of Bradbury

Jack Campbell, Jr. - January 9, 2012

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” – Ray Bradbury I am a collector of worthless books. For some unknown, deep-seated, pathological reason, I have the need to hoard large number of books. Most were purchased for a buck or two from used bookstores and will never have a financial value […]

Flogging the Muse

Jack Campbell, Jr. - January 2, 2012

“Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns, driven time and again off course…” – Robert Fagles translation of Homer’s Odyssey I am not the sort of man who waits for his muse to sing. I put a quarter in the jukebox, and if the music doesn’t start, I kick […]