Saturday, July 3, 2021

Hot Air

 


RANDY STARK'S MISSION STATEMENT


This my shit, and don’t nobody run shit in this bitch but me.


RANDY STARK’S RULES FOR LIVING

Always be able to afford to be a sucker.
Never be in a position where a bad call could beat you.


RANDY STARK’S RULES FOR WRITING

Make it as simple as possible, and then simpler.
The effect must be vivid, instantaneous and unmistakable.


RANDY STARK’S STYLE

Strange hyphenation, g-
Od and fu-
Rther e-
T Cetera.


RANDY STARK’S PLEDGE TO YOU

I will never use genre tropes to subvert your expectations.


HOW I WORK

I’m on it.
Then presto agitato
I’m finished.

No marketing. No social media. No public readings.
No graduate degree or doctorate in creative writing.
No schmoozing, no ass-kissing, brown nosing.

Followers? Likes? Views?
More algorithms have read my work than actual human beings.
And if editors don’t want to publish what I write, I can’t stop them.


© 2021 Randy Stark
Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.
My books are available on Amazon.

 

2 comments:

  1. Very Cool! Your tables is ready! Post these things on various social media pages. This is all good. I like the one about algorithms. Think about a Tee shirt with few of these saying. I'm sure I'll think more things...

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  2. Thanks. I paraphrased a Hollywood mogul for the last line. Original quote was "If people don't want to go to the movies, I can't stop them." Samuel Goldwyn? Louis B. Mayer? I don't remember the source.

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