Scratching Glass

I do not remember writing this. But some kind soul sent it to me to remind me what an idiot I am. But some of it does hit home. It was published in the New York Times 2009. Shame on me. Back in the States, under my desk, packed in…

The Writer Is the Shirt Up Against the Wall of Publishing.

Everyone Hates Everyone. Add up all the rage people hang their hats and lives on, and in my case, personally, I learned a long time ago, you gotta ignore the bullshit. The only thing that surprised me was the extent to which most of these individuals are writers. The idea…

Tim Barrus, New York Times

Tim Barrus, New York Times

It was one of those drag out daze of bike and rain and bouncing off fifty people who think this or that about this or that, about basically who said what to whom and where is this whom from. I think I went off on the NYT. In the writing…

Tim Barrus: I Schlep Books In a Backpack

Book People. Keep your britches on. Perhaps books are not as important as we think. This would include me, too, as I keep punching at Publishing’s Asshole of Corruption. Favoritism. Power plays. Buba’s buddies. The stupid paradigm of the Author’s Tour. A slippery slope into the downfall of linguistics. What…

Tim Barrus, New York Times

This Is Not My Story To Tell I’m going to tell it anyway. Suprise. For writers (and delusional editors) telling stories is kinda what we do. A guy came into a bar. Ordinary. Now, let’s change the context. A guy came into a bar butt naked. Two words. Changes everything.…