Kappa Tracks

"A story is made up of words and characters. Are the words well chosen and do the characters live? All the rest is literary gossip."

My six decade love affair with the English language compels me to offer a list of authors whose work meets my critical standards. The single criterion operant is the quality of the prose as composed by the writers. I have made no discrimination whatsoever as to subject matter, theme, or plot.

Therefore be warned!

A great many of the works here listed may involve themes or subjects repugnant to some readers. I can only advise that if a particular story cannot be stomached, go on to the next; you will find at least a few to be to your taste.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

"Well, it's been a while....."

A bit disappointed with what's been happening to this blog-thing..
Lots of the listings info seems to have gone away..
So I think I'm gonna change the structure a little..and just
leave notes about any special works that I find on the ff site.
I check ff every night..seems I can recognize the 'pen names' of
those writers that I think are worth reading..still got 4 shoe boxes
filled with those 3x5 cards..so I'll be keeping bibliography/catalog
up to date..but will only enter little 'alerts' in the Trax when one
of the good ones posts a new story or another 'chapter..
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Of course, the best news of all is that the great 'D' has added a chapter
to the inimitable "FADE"... it's been 2 yrs!! ch.21 0n 9-9-10
Kappa sez: not to be missed!!
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Amicita Revenant...remember... "A Paper Wall" ??
Well, there's a sorta sequel.."The Wooden Bestiary"
ch.12 on 11-20-10..again, muchly worth your reading time!
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Aaron Smiley...who wrote a lot of 'self-insert' but whose
selfinsertion was never the perversion that Kappa deplores...
came back with "So Sue Me"...ch.2 on 11-3-10
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Connie Nervegas..a new author...& prolific...but if you can
take your 'crack' with serenity.."April's Diary" is for you.
all 68+ chapters of it!
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oh, and those Terrapin Tarts are at it again...
a trio of posts..one on 10-15-10, & a couple
in 11-14&20-10...round robin type stuff by
a gang of some of the best word smiths in the ff.
Definitely worth reading!
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I think that'll do it for now...but I'll be back...
In closing a couple of 'personal' remarks..
ahem! well into my seventh decade today...
curious if I am the oldest T-Fan????
And...
the heading for this entry is a direct quote...
Guess..who said and where???
hint:v.1:5, p.23.