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David Scott Hay, Jester, Free Thinker, Craftsman – an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and novelist – is an Amazon best selling author and recipient of the prestigious Kirkus Starred Review. Known best as a mercurial talent with a sharp wit and linguistic flair for smart satire & transgressive fiction.
Make a DSH Old Fashioned! Here’s the recipe for my famous Old Fashioned that I revealed recently on THE HAPPY HOUR / SIGNATURE COCKTAIL SHOW recently. Click here to rewatch the shenanigans. LINK COMING Ingredients you’ll need: Rye Whiskey (any…
What’s in the Drink Special? Experimental Mixology for the Author life. THE SAN GRALADA “Sometimes you just need something fruity and stupid.” I love pina coladas. I love sangria. Let’s start there. The Backstory CUT TO: I purchased a pack…
What’s in the drink special? The five best books on writing I’ve discovered to help you level up your craft as a serious writer. A must for any reference library. I keep these books handy in my reference section and…
Drink special: Whether or not to pursue an MFA in writing. Based on the author following and then not following advice from Pulitzer-winner David Mamet. Part 2 of the grad school writing program blog. (pours drink) As promised here is…
Drink special: Whether or not to pursue an MFA in writing. Based on the author following and then not following advice from Pulitzer-winner David Mamet. What to expect, what I learned, and where I am now 10 years later. In…
Hi folks: What’s in the drink special? Writing books for beginners. That is books on writing for beginners. Not that you would be writing a book for a beginner, uh, unless you wrote a book on my list. 🙂 Writing…
What’s in the drink special? How I connected with SPOILER ALERT…… Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips I’ve never had a rock star text me, until I did. “IS THIS DAVID?” This isn’t a name-dropping blog, or an interview with…
What’s in the drink special? Writing advice from famous folks in different mediums that has served me well. Get a mentor, no one ever said to me. I didn’t realize in writing Fiction/Stage & Screen that this was a critical…
“A passionate meditation on art wrapped in a hilarious sendup of artistic pretensions.” – KIRKUS (starred review) Hey folks: Great news: THE FOUNTAIN, my literary satire, is being published by small press Whisk(e)y Tit! First hundred pre-orders get it signed…
I think this is Palahniuk’s best work. At least since Fight Club. I’m not going to review this book or do a synopsis recap, but suffice to say it deals with a modern American revolution.