John M DonovanJun 112 minHow to Play Piano BallPiano Ball is a game I like to play sometimes while I'm waiting for the chickens and ducks to retire to their shed for the night. It's ea...
John M DonovanApr 25 minAnd Now, a Message from the Serial Comma Promotion BoardIn my day job as an advertising copywriter, I’ve done a lot of mingling with PR writers who refuse to use the serial comma. I’ve also tri...
John M DonovanJan 312 minWhat's in the Pipeline, Part 2Second of a two-part interview with John M Donovan, who likes this format so much it might become a three-part interview, a four-part int...
John M DonovanJan 302 minWhat's in the Pipeline, Part 1First of a two-part interview with John M Donovan, author of Love and Corn and Whatnot and three other novels Q. So Love and Corn and Wha...
John M DonovanJul 15, 20192 minHat Tip #2: Jim BoutonJim Bouton, a former major league pitcher and one of my literary heroes, died last week at the age of 80 after battling a form of dementi...
John M DonovanMay 24, 20192 minWe Would Like a Hamburger Disappointment MealMy wife Cybil is about halfway through collecting all the Avengers Endgame Happy Meal toys, mainly to protect her desk at work from Thano...
John M DonovanApr 17, 201911 min15 Influential Albums or, I Don't Have to Follow Your Silly Game Rules, FacebookI was recently chosen to participate in one of those Facebook games where you post ten albums that had an impact on you—one album cover p...
John M DonovanFeb 22, 20181 minAre You Pro-Prologue or Anti-Prologue?I have recently learned that there are people who don’t read prologues. These are avid readers, I’m told. They just don’t read prologues....
John M DonovanDec 9, 20171 minSometimes You Just Have to Make a VideoHere's a fun 90-second video for you. Thanks to my friend Dave Stuck for producing and editing!
John M DonovanDec 1, 20171 minWhere is The Rocheville Devil?Not long after I published Trombone Answers, I started teasing that my next novel, The Rocheville Devil, would be coming soon. Two years ...
John M DonovanAug 18, 20173 minHat Tip #1: Yours Truly Dick Karner(First in a series, I hope, of blog entries saluting people whose impact on my life is still felt today.) I had some weird misconceptions...
John M DonovanJul 10, 20176 minBook Review: The Cave GhostBook Review: The Cave Ghost by John M Donovan Reviewed by M. Creighton, Palookaville Weekly Shopper When I heard that literary historians...
John M DonovanApr 19, 20171 minSo You Specialize in Nostalgia?I’ve written a few dozen songs in my life but only a handful would be considered funny. One of these is called “Talking Kidney Surgery Bl...
John M DonovanMar 22, 20175 minHere's That $5 EssayThis is the essay I referred to in the previous blog post. I’ve updated it slightly and had to do some sleight-of-hand to correct my wron...
John M DonovanMar 21, 20172 minTales of the Underpublished: The Sad $5Back in 1995 I quit my first ad-agency job in a misguided and financially irresponsible attempt to make a living writing freelance advert...
John M DonovanFeb 8, 20172 minOverthinking ThingsBack when I was attending Wabash College, English majors like me had to take three semesters of classes from the math and science departm...
John M DonovanSep 28, 20161 minQuick Update: Friends with BooksA few weeks ago I posted a blog entry linking to some books that have been published by friends of mine. In that post I incorrectly noted...
John M DonovanSep 23, 20162 minMy Legendary NaïvetéThe phrase “legendary naïveté” is something I first used years ago to describe my uncanny inability to recognize when a woman was interes...
John M DonovanAug 15, 20161 minYou Might Also Like...If mainstream novels set in the 1970s aren’t your bag, let me suggest a handful of books written by actual friends of mine. First off, Da...
John M DonovanMar 16, 20163 minHow Frank Orlander Joined the Psi AlfsA previous draft of The Fraternity had a rather unorthodox chapter in which we met each pledge and active brother living in the Psi Alpha...
