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Alexander Kern

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Alexander Kern Sometimes I think the easiest way to avoid getting writer's block and the feeling of being burned out is to switch to markedly different styles of mat…moreSometimes I think the easiest way to avoid getting writer's block and the feeling of being burned out is to switch to markedly different styles of material or different themes.

For example, my next two projects are quite a bit different from The Picayune Intelligencer. One is a children's book, and the other is a play about family dysfunction.

Though they are definitely polar opposites from each other, and not close to the humor and satire field I normally write in, I think exercising different emotional muscles is important for me so that I don't get overly comfortable and lapse into rehashing the same ideas over and over again.(less)
Alexander Kern I really enjoy satire, but I had never really considered writing it until a friend of mine said she thought that I would be well suited to write artic…moreI really enjoy satire, but I had never really considered writing it until a friend of mine said she thought that I would be well suited to write articles in the mode of The Onion or The Daily Currant. I wasn't sure, but I gave it shot just to see what would happen.

I found out that it was a lot of fun, and I wanted to make the articles feel more like flash fiction pieces that really make the characters people you might really care about rather than being the vehicles for a joke. I kept writing them until I had enough for a collected edition, and from that The Picayune Intelligencer: Collected Articles 1962-2015 was born. (less)
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New Release: Heptadecagrams Ebook $0.99 on Kindle

Hello readers.

I recently released a new book, Heptadecagrams.

Heptadecagrams is a departure from my previous work and my first edition of poetry, and to celebrate, I've set the price to $0.99 for the Kindle edition.

I appreciate the support and I hope you'll take a look.

Thanks!

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