Publish or Perish

As we continue to showcase the work of writer Russell Bittner, we move toward short pieces of fiction. In this piece, Publish or Perish, Bittner uses the interesting literary technique of juxtaposing a story synopsis written by the lead character…

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Posted: Aug 25 2009
Tags: author, brooklyn, Faraway, fiction, juxtaposition, literary technique, literature, new york, nyc, russell bittner, short story, synopsis
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Something Special / Stories in the Key of C Minor

Big news: Russell Bittner’s fiction collection, Stories in the Key of C. Minor. published by Faraway, is available for purchase for just $10.96. An ebook version is also available for $5.00. Six stories, all of which start within a five-mile…

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Posted: Aug 21 2009
Tags: brooklyn, loneliness, loss, love, lulu, melancholy, new york, novella, nyc, Publishing, russell bittner, something special, stories, stories in the key of c minor, writer
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Something Special, Chapter SIX

And now for the final chapter of Russell Bittner’s novella, Something Special. Bruce returns to his modeling agency in New York, where the press has picked up the story of a New Yorker’s death by bear mauling out in Yosemite. …

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Posted: Aug 19 2009
Tags: brooklyn, fiction, modeling, new york, novella, russell bittner, something special, stories in the key of c minor, story, yosemite
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Something Special, Chapter FIVE

In this penultimate chapter of Russell Bittner’s novella Something Special, we see the results of Bruce and Angie’s late afternoon walk to the lake, and Bruce’s final machinations to make Angie a famous model, after all. Three hours later, a…

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Posted: Aug 17 2009
Tags: brooklyn, Faraway, fiction, new york, novella, russell bittner, short story, stories in the key of c minor, yosemite
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Something Special, Chapter FOUR

As Bruce’s jealousy and disappointment grow over Angie’s dalliances with another young man at the hotel in Yosemite, dark plots begin to form in his mind in chapter four of Something Special. I go immediately to our room in the…

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Posted: Aug 15 2009
Tags: brooklyn, fiction, modelling, new york, novella, nyc, Publishing, russell bittner, something special, stories in the key of c minor, yosemite
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An Interview with Russell Bittner, Part 2

Earlier this week we featured the first part of an interview with author Russell Bittner. Bittner’s novella, Something Special, is being serialized on www.FarawayJournal.com throughout the month of August. In this second part of the interview, Russell talks more specifically…

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Posted: Aug 14 2009
Tags: brooklyn, loneliness, loss, love, lulu, new york, novella, nyc, photography, Publishing, russell bittner, self-publishing, something special, stories in the key of c minor, themes
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Something Special, Chapter THREE

We are now into the middle chapters of Russell Bittner’s novella, Something Special. Read chapters one and two. In chapter three, now in Yosemite, Bruce’s carefully-laid plan begins to unravel, and things take a dark turn. I put on my…

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Posted: Aug 13 2009
Tags: brooklyn, Faraway, fiction, new york, novella, Publishing, russell bittner, short story, something special, stories in the key of c minor, yosemite
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An Interview with Russell Bittner, Part 1

Russell Bittner, author of the collection Stores in the Key of C. Minor. recently took some time to answer some of my questions about the art and craft of writing and about the publishing world. In this first part, Russell…

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Posted: Aug 11 2009
Tags: any human heart, bill bryson, brooklyn, call it sleep, carnegie hall, Faraway, henry james, henry roth, new york, novella, Publishing, russell bittner, Short Stories, something special, stories in the key of c minor, t.c. boyle, william boyd, writing
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Something Special – Chapter TWO

In our continuing coverage of the work of Russell Bittner, we now present the second chapter of the novella Something Special. Click here to read chapter one, or continue below: Not even two weeks later, I’m sitting next to Angie…

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Posted: Aug 09 2009
Tags: brooklyn, Faraway, fiction, new york, novella, russell bittner, san francisco, short story, something special, yosemite
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Something Special – Chapter ONE

Something Special is a novella-length story by author Russell Bittner that is featured in the new collection, Stories in the Key of C. Minor. It is about Bruce, a middle-aged agent for models whose plans to spend a romantic weekend…

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Posted: Aug 08 2009
Tags: agent, author, brooklyn, fashion, fiction, model, new york, novella, Publishing, russell bittner, serialized, something special
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“Stories in the Key of C – Minor”

We are pleased to announce that a collection of short stories entitled Stories in the Key of C – Minor will be published this Friday, August 7. By Brooklyn author Russell Bittner, Stories features five short works, plus the novella…

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Posted: Aug 03 2009
Tags: brooklyn, c minor, collection, Faraway, novella, Publishing, russell bittner, Short Stories, stories
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