It had to happen sooner or later. The Cynic’s Dictionary, my personal favorite of all my published and unpublished works, finally succumbed to a combination of old age and mass indifference. It was twelve years old. I bought the final four unsold copies from the current publisher on July 18, 2007, and that was that.
Twelve isn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Ambrose Bierce’
July 23, 2007
R.I.P. The Cynic’s Dictionary
Filed under Ambrose Bierce, Bayan, Books, Cynic, Cynic's Dictionary, Humor, Humorists, Richard Bayan, Rick Bayan, Words That Sell, Writers, Writing, authors, publishing
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May 15, 2007
Authors Richard Bayan and Rick Bayan are the same person, Bayan reveals
Now my secret is out: I lead a double life as an author. As Richard Bayan, I’ve brought you the popular advertising thesaurus Words That Sell and its recent spawn, More Words That Sell. As Rick Bayan, I’ve created that dark-humored Biercean lexicon for our times, The Cynic’s Dictionary — along with my equally dark-humored website, The Cynic’s [...]
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