Stephen Kastner
Stephen Kastner writes essays, science fiction, memoir, poetry, and is currently working on a screenplay and novel about his Quaker ancestor Thomas Maule, who was arrested for defending the wise women accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692. He leads the Green Mountain Writers Group in Vermont and creates digital media professionally as DesignWise Studios.
Follow his Antediluvian Attitudes on Substack: https://stephenkastner.substack.com
I strive to entertain, glad you find the humor. I go to sleep each night with my cat, my Kindle,…
On 9/16 Open Genre | Kuchisabishii by Stephen Kastner
I just found the Lakoff book, Metaphors We Live By on SCRIBD and had never heard of it. I began…
On 9/16 Open Genre | Kuchisabishii by Stephen Kastner
These are great comments for my first draft, why the reader experience is so valuable because you point out the…
On 9/16 Open Genre | Kuchisabishii by Stephen Kastner
This work kept unfolding as I wrote it, trying to avoid getting "preachy." which I have a tendency to do.…
On 8/26 Open Genre | Bad Santa by Stephen Kastner
The Ramree Island massacre of 1945, the deadliest crocodile attack recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records "That night…
On 8/19 Open Genre | Ghosts on the Water by Matthew Tratt
The Green Mountain Writers Bookshop tile at the bottom of the homepage links to our selected titles under several categories:…
On Books that help you begin or structure a novel/memoir
These are both so beautifully evocative. I felt the waves and the sand, the passage of time, and the shift…
On 7/15 Open Genre | Two Poems by Al Uris
I really appreciate the critical comments and they are exactly what I need. This is really taken right from my…
On 7/15 Open Genre | Prison Diary by Stephen Kastner
I like the opening setting of Chapter 7, the church and the priest are really vivid. The ending is also…
On 7/8 Open Genre | Corona Ch 7-8 reorganized by Millie Eidson
I found the book on Scribd, THANKS! https://www.scribd.com/document/530172028/University-of-Edinburgh-Social-Sciences-Research-Centre-Monographs-No-2-Erving-Goffman-The-Presentation-of-Self-in-Everyday-Life-University-of-E Just the opening Santayana quote is worth the effort. Now I am…
On 7/1 Open Genre | Jumping the Fence by Stephen Kastner