Name: Scott Butki
Dateline: Hagerstown, Md.
Weblog: www.sbutki.newsvine.com
Articles: 351
First Published: Thursday, September 1, 2005
Last Published: Monday, December 10, 2007
Currently listing articles 351-301:
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Interview With A.J. Jacobs, Author of The Year Of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible - Part 3 of 3— "I became far more aware of my actions and their consequences." - AJ Jacobs on how the project changed him
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Interview With A.J. Jacobs, Author of The Year Of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, Part Two of Three
— "I had revelations and epiphanies with alarming frequency. It was like a spiritual quest in fast motion."
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An Interview With Howard Kurtz, Author of Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War, Part Two— "I think Katie Couric made a number of mistakes when she got to CBS and is paying the price."
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Part 2 - An Interview With Writer Kinky Friedman, Author of You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics — "Texans are big-hearted and they know that killing people is not our job."
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An Interview With Writer Kinky Friedman, Author of You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics
— "I wrote this book for the same reason I ran for governor — to try to make Texas a better place."
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An Interview With Howard Kurtz, Author of Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War, Part One
— "I get valuable information and insights from bloggers. And if it's a rough neighborhood, so be it."
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Don't Forget About the Memphis Three— The more I read, see, and learn about this case, the more I am convinced the three did not get a fair trial.
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Interview Regarding Putumayo Kids Album, Brazilian Playground — "Our liner notes do explain what genres each song features, as well as where the song is from and its general meaning."
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Interview With Bill Bryan, Author of Keep It Real Part Two— "Since reality shows are so much cheaper to produce, they have proliferated like crabs at Woodstock."
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An Interview With Wesley Stace AKA John Wesley Harding About His Novel, By George— "Writing books is more difficult, by far, though ultimately more rewarding. Making music is much more immediate."
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Interview With A.J. Jacobs, Author of The Year Of Living Biblically
— "I'm Jewish in the same way that the Olive Garden is Italian."
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An Interview With Charlie Huston, Author of The Shotgun Rule, Part Two— "I try and give the locations in all my books a certain amount of texture" - Charles Huston
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Inteview With Bill Bryan, Author of Keep It Real, Part One
— "Yes, there is definitely an element of revenge in my writing Keep It Real" - Bill Bryan
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An Interview With Charlie Huston, Author of The Shotgun Rule, Part One
— "I wanted to deal with violence in a manner less varnished than in my other books."
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Interview: Chris Patterson, Lead Singer Of Leaving, TX— "What we really are is a country band with a twang-rock problem." - Chris Patterson, Leaving, TX
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An Interview With Tom Straw, Author of The Trigger Episode, Part Two— Why work in the exciting field of the paparazzi?: "Mainly because the national Do Not Call List has limited opportunities in telemarketing."
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An Interview With Robert Fulghum, Author of What On Earth Have I Done?— "What’s not to like about bacon? Yes, I was a singing cowboy."
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My Eight-Point Plan For Doing A Good Interview— Listen well and use silence as a weapon.
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An Interview With Mike Carey, Author of The Devil You Know - Part Two — "Some people make assumptions about me because of the kind of material I write. They expect someone dark and brooding"
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An Interview With George Shuman, Author of Last Breath, Part Two— "Truth lends a lot of authority to a story, just as ... truth lends a lot of authority to a lie."
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An Interview With Tom Straw, Author of The Trigger Episode Part One
— "The Trigger Episode [is] in the first person [to] help a reader empathize with a guy doing basically despicable work as a paparazzo."
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Interview: Singer Mae Robertson Talks About Hew New Album, Dream— "The message in many of these songs is that the time you have with your children is oh so fleeting."
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The Five Best Books I've Read This Year— "She and I agreed the best description of her style was "“Nancy Drew after a bottle of Jack Daniels.”
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An Interview With Mike Carey, Author of The Devil You Know - Part One
— "Some stories work best in comic form, others play beautifully as novels – and some translate readily into any medium."
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An Interview With George Shuman, Author of Last Breath, Part One
— "... I can’t imagine myself looking up psychics in the yellow pages if I was in a slump over clues."
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An Interview With Jeffrey Deaver, Author of Sleeping Doll— "My value-added is the twists and the surprise endings, which I spend months plotting out."
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Interview With Giles Blunt, Author of By The Time You Read This — "I wanted to write a thriller that deals with the real emotions of the crimes involved: murder and child molestation."
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Interview With Jack Getze, Author of Big Numbers— "Go ahead and buy it. If you don't like it, send it back to me and I'll refund your money. "
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Interview: Musician Bob Schneider (Part One)— "I have become a better musician, which isn't saying too much really, because I started out with pretty rudimentary skills."
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An Interview With Patrick Anderson, Author of The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction, Part Two— "I’m just glad to see good crime writers making the bestseller lists, which they weren’t doing much until the 1980s"
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Interview With Lloyd Dangle, Author of Troubletown— "With the worst president in history and our liberties and values under threat, I can hardly imagine writing cartoons about other things right now."
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Interview With Film Critic Roger Ebert, Author of Your Movie Sucks - Part Two— "My health is good, considering that I had to go through rehab twice after two surgeries to learn to walk again..."
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Interview With Andrew Keen, Author of The Cult Of The Amateur— "Who is this Butki? Why is he giving away his labor for free? And why should I trust him?" - Andrew Keen
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Interview with Karen Hanson, Author of Today's Chicago Blues, Part 2— "Today, Chicago is still a mecca for blues music, just as it was in the 1930s, '40s, '50s and so on."
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An Interview With Glasgow Phillips, Author of The Royal Nonesuch: Or, What Will I Do When I Grow Up? - Part 2— "This will probably sounds strange to anyone who's read the book, but I'm working on a DVD reading tool for kids" - Glasgow Phillips
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DVD Review: Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple— "Nobody joins a cult. Nobody joins something they think is going to hurt them."
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An Interview With Film Critic Roger Ebert, Author of Your Movie Sucks
— "I am always subjective. Objectivity has nothing to do with critical opinion."
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Movie Review: Dixie Chicks Shut Up & Sing— If you are interested in fights about free speech and what was really said by the singer and how people reacted, see this movie.
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Interview With Walter Isaacson, Author of Einstein: His Life And Universe— Einstein once said, "Subtle is the Lord, but malicious he is not."
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Interview With Matt Richtel, Author of Hooked: A Thriller About Love and Other Addictions— "And now I hope that readers can experience some of the passion and emotion that I felt while writing."
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Interview with Karen Hanson, Author of Today's Chicago Blues, Part 1
— "The blues addresses universal themes in life. We all know what it's like to be lonely, rejected, betrayed and down on our luck."
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Interview With Ann Rule, Author Of Too Late To Say Goodbye— "Sometimes people write me mean letters saying I'm just writing what I do to make money" - Ann Rule
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Interview With John Burnett, Author of Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions: Travels with an NPR Correspondent - Part 2— "And yes, this was a tough story, but I wouldn't trade the Katrina experience for anything in my career." - John Burnett
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Writing Advice: Why Listening Matters— Silence is a good thing. Embrace it; make it your friend. Learn to accept it and be comfortable with it.
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Interview: Singer Robbie Fulks On His New Album, Revenge!— "“Believe” is a great pop song by almost any criterion. “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” “Fernando,” etc. have retarded words but melodically are nearly McCartney-esque."
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This Intrepid Reader Love Airports and Airplanes— Tip: Try not to drool or stare while waiting.
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Interview with Mystery Writer James Lee Burke, Part Two— "In regard to the future, I hope to write short stories and essays and novels until I catch the bus." - James Lee Burke
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An Interview With Patrick Anderson, Author of The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction, Part One
— "Time is on our side. Lehane and Connelly and Pelecanos and some others will live long enough to be accepted as modern masters."
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Interview With John Burnett, Author of Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions: Travels with an NPR Correspondent - Part 1
— "The Pentagon implicitly understood what happens when journalists are inserted into war-fighting units. People who share adversity grow closer."
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What Authors Annie Dillard And Peter Elbow Can Teach You About Writing - Part 2— Mistakes matter, no matter how dumb or small. To paraphrase the famous saying, “It’s the typos, stupid.”
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Book Review: Writing With Power by Peter Elbow
— This book contains some of the best writing advice I have read in years.
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