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First Chapter: A Wonder Unto Many
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Hometown:: Chicago

About Me:: I'm something of an expert on American teenagers, and I spend the bulk of my professional time working with MTV, Coke, Pepsi, Nike, Adidas, etc. But what I really wanna be when I grow up: crime writer. I'm a couple hundred pages into a first novel, which is pretty crappy so far...

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Website:: http://blindcamel.blogspot.com

Books And Authors I Like:: T.C. Boyle, James Lee Burke, Ethan Canin, Lee Child, Harlan Coben (especially the Bolitar stuff), Michael Connelley, Robert Crais, Steve Hamilton, Ernest Hemingway, William Kent Krueger, George Saunders, Alan Watts

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Ishtar, Tin Men, Magnolia, Arrested Development, Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Hannah & Her Sisters, Stealing Home, Parenthood, Raising Arizona

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Devastation...

Wow, so there's yet *another* thing I can do instead of writing! This place!

I'm 200 pages into a novel, and aside from the opening scene...I'm not sure anything has really happened yet. Killin' me. I gotta disappear the main guy's parents...but all this exposition keeps getting in the way.

I need a writers' group here in Chicago. And I'm not using the word "need" lightly. I'm half-decent, have ideas and chops, and yet I'm...wayward. Muddled.

And it's not as if sitting…

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Posted on March 8, 2007 at 2:16am — 13 Comments

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At 10:10am on May 29, 2007, Pari Noskin Taichert said…: I'm still sad about the loss of Arrested Development. And . . .Raising Arizona? A classic.

At 10:08am on March 19, 2007, Jason Starr said…: Nice meeting you, Scott!
Cheers, JS

At 9:09am on March 8, 2007, Scott Hess said…: Indeed. I'm sure our surplus of free time will serve us well...

At 6:58am on March 8, 2007, Christa M. Miller said…: Hey Scott, I noticed on your blog that you are a dad of two little boys. Too cool - we crime fiction-writing parents of small children need to stick together! ;)