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Mar.14.2013 - 3:54 am
Banana Republican Blues is for sale as an e-book.
When Eddie blows up the family hedge fund his only assets are a gift for gab and a prize winning Chili con Carne. While seeking work as a roadhouse chef, he never imagines he...
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Mar.17.2012 - 11:44 pm
Karma
  This is a new short story, the first piece I've produced since finishing my apprenticeship novel. I believe it takes my writing to a whole new level. It's pure storytelling...
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Mar.16.2012 - 11:46 pm
Favorite sex scene blog
This scene, from my novel, Banana Republican Blues, depicts the act in a humorous vein, as if seen through gauzy curtains rather than a keyhole, and it's more about communication...
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Mar.07.2012 - 8:50 pm
Lars Iyer's Dogma reviewed
  Lars Iyer is a well known figure of the literary blogosphere, and as a relative neophyte in the space, I only recently came across his name, but liking what I sampled of...
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Short Story: Hoodies
Short Story: The Mission
New novel in the works - An erotic, inter-racial love story. Comments welcome. No title.

Reviews I've Written

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17.Aug.2011
Why does he use "and" so much?
Tim Chambers reviews
A Small Hotel
by Robert Olen Butler
I looked at the first chapter of this on Kindle. It seemed there were two or three uses of "and" in every sentence, even sentences beginning with and, so I counted them. He uses...
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Comments from Tim

Dec.05.2011 - 5:05 am
In response to: The Sliding Slope and the "War on Terror"
The McCain/Levin Bill
I completely agree with you. I left a comment on Krugman's column at 10:50 EST, that the NYTimes didn't publish. I left...
Nov.28.2011 - 7:09 pm
In response to: Occupy LA, 11/27/11
Obama Abandons Working Class Whites
I suppose it was inevitable that the Jackass party would abandon the last leg of its traditional base in favor of the...
Nov.21.2011 - 2:00 am
In response to: Why Authorities Use Excessive Force
Coercion is the Protestors' Friend
Given what happened in NYC, after the early pepper sprayings there, you would think the police would have learned by...
Oct.25.2011 - 11:52 pm
In response to: Books about writing....and why they're a waste.
I don't read a lot of books
I don't read a lot of books on writing, but I did read Stanley Fish on How to Write a Sentence, and How to Read One. It...
Oct.17.2011 - 8:19 pm
In response to: The State of It
If the market were milk the cream would rise...
but it's swamp water, where scum rises. Just look at kindle sales. Erotica, no matter how bad, is the biggest selling...
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About Tim

I've been a working writer most of my life, doing other jobs, occasionally, to augment my income.  I now teach language and English composition at the university level overseas.
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Causes Tim Chambers Supports

Occupy Wall Street

Tim’s Favorite Books

The Time of Our Singing, The Gold Bug Variations, The Rosy Crucifixion