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Steven Rineer

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I am a writer and I live in Los Angeles...earned an MA in Literature at Loyola Marymount University. Write poetry, prose, read, etc. etc.

I like beautiful and ugly, funny and sad books so I tried to write one. Tonight's the Night. At times raw as opposed to thoroughly cooked. It's a study in the uneven rhythms of perception accomplished with language...

You can (if so inclined) get a hold of me at Johnnywalkitoff@hotmail.com. I am looking for representation.

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Moby Dick, Under the Volcano, Blood Meridian, A Sport and a Pasttime, Absalom, Absalom, The Sun Also Rises, Edisto, Molloy, Middlemarch, Journey to the End of the Night, Ulysses, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Tender is the Night, Catcher in the Rye, Mansfield Park, Tristessa, Gravity's Rainbow, The Good Soldier, The Ginger Man (all of Donleavy and most of these writers)...etc...etc...too many to name

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Technicolor Eulogies

Steven Rineer

Paul Tinas is wasting away in the desert, away from his family, drowning in loss and death. It's a comedy.


Paul Tinas, a one-time up and coming writer, is adrift in the desert town of Reservations. He has not written a word in years, but a death in the family might change that. He is bidden back into the city of Los Angeles to write the eulogy of his dying, but still alive, grandmother. Paul's ex-wife and their shared pains await there too. Along the way, he laughs, sings, cries, does his fair share of killing himself and throws himself at an end. Any end will do.

All that is written is a eulogy...and this is no different. The story is told in shifting styles which mirror the rhythms of Paul's perceptions and make us realize that the things we think of least just might motivate us most.

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If you would like to only read a chapter or two: how about 3, 4 or 6...

 

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I wrote 1037 days ago

Ok I read quite a bit this story and your use of language kept me holding on-I think you capture perfectly the essence of the town, the horses, the suspense, the gasp! moment and you do it through use of language-which reads as authentic and honest and vibrant (and that, to me, is the most important... view book

I wrote 1037 days ago

I think you get the reader hooked from your cover and then your pitch and then the book does not let up...the style, your use of language is stylish, clear and authentic. I hope that you get a chance to get this published...it deserves it. On my shelf, Steven Rineer view book

I wrote 1037 days ago

This is just a beautiful tale, well-executed. On my shelf. Thanks, Steven Rineer view book

I wrote 1037 days ago

awesome idea, execution and fun to read. makes me want to try it. thanks for this and good luck. Steven Rineer view book

I wrote 1037 days ago

This is a really great book...it deserves to be on the editor's desk and to get published...not too much more to say that hasn't been said. It's on my bookshelf and one of the books that I've finished in one (maybe two) sittings. Steven Rineer view book

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