PR #12 Mowing With Your Eyes Closed

In episode 12, I start out with a discussion of a writer's creation
of the first draft of a novel. I compare it to mowing your yard or
cutting your own hair with your eyes closed. There will be lots of
'holidays' you missed, and the whole job needs to be cleaned up,
but the first step of the process is complete. At the end, you'll
wonder what the hell you just wrote, but you gotta start somewhere.
Next, I talk about books people say they've read when they really
haven't. Surprisingly, one of my favorite novels appears at the top
of three such lists. I go through some top tens of these books and
discuss my familiarity or lack of with these titles. My final
segment is a movie review of "Behind the Candelabra", the story of
Liberace and his young boyfriend. It was an entertaining movie, and
Matt Damon and Michael Douglas were fearless in their performance.
The budget wasn't large, but they limited their locations so that
wasn't noticeable. I talk about Liberace's kidneys shutting down
from exposure to Carbon Tetrachloride dry cleaning solvent, as well
as plastic surgery stories. Also covered is how Liberace was a
devout Catholic and what happened to his body after he died.
Michael Douglas did a fantastic job faking the piano playing. I
correct an error I made in the last episode regarding Mike Garson,
the finest improvisational rock and roll piano player of all time.
He was a long term member of David Bowie's band. The archives of my
podcast are at PaperbackRocker.com. You can find my books on Amazon
under my name, Matt Syverson, or you can contact me at
bowiefan1970@live.com if you would like to buy a signed copy.
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THANKS and please share my podcast with somebody if you enjoy it. I
have to go feed my Scottie now before she eats the walls. My books
are "Black Dog", "Band on the Run", and "Running On Empty". I have
a new book called "Blue Whiskey" coming out soon. All of them are
rock and roll-themed fiction.