The Writing of Jack Remick
Jack Remick
As a writer approaches the visionary techniques of Late Style, art changes from exercises in the craft of massaging the Ego to the transformative language of the unconscious, the archetypes, the structural reality of myth.
Art is salvation ever more so in the Late Style which is that time when the artist, in silence, frees the mind from oppressive and expected cultural-historical restraints of form and content to unleash a newness that both confounds and instructs. Without art, we are members of a tribe of efficient killers. I am not a member of that tribe.
Free Master Class with Jack Remick
Do you have a passion for writing, but find yourself struggling to begin, persist, or complete your creative works? If you’re nodding your head, then you’re in for a treat! Unleash your inner writer and join us for an extraordinary journey into the world of storytelling! Acclaimed author Jack Remick invites you to a FREE Master Class, hosted every Tuesday from 1-3 PM Pacific Time via Zoom.
In this exclusive Master Class, Jack Remick will share his wealth of knowledge and experience, taking you on a deep dive into the art of writing. Here’s what you can expect:
Introduction to the Craft: Jack will kick things off with valuable insights on how to start writing, ignite your creative spark, and overcome the infamous writer’s block.
Keeping the Momentum: Learn the secrets of keeping your writing momentum going, ensuring you stay inspired and motivated to craft your best work.
Finishing What You Start: Jack will unveil his strategies for completing a body of work – the ultimate goal of any writer. Discover the techniques that will help you bring your creative projects to a satisfying conclusion.
Live Workshop Session: What makes this Master Class truly unique is the opportunity for you to have your work personally reviewed and workshopped by Jack Remick. Submit a piece of your writing ahead of time, and during each session, he will select one piece for live discussion and improvement. It’s like having a bestselling author as your mentor!
Don’t miss out on this chance to receive personalized guidance from a seasoned writer. This Master Class promises to be an invaluable experience that will help you unlock your writing potential.
Date: Every Tuesday, Starting January 2, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Location: Zoom (Details will be provided upon registration)
Ready to embark on this incredible writing journey? Sign up now and be part of the Master Class that could change your writing life forever!
The Latest from Jack Remick
Interview with Voyage Utah
Today we’d like to introduce you to Jack Remick.
Hi Jack, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
My writing life began when I studied poetry at UC Berkeley with Thom Gunn. He taught me the essence of originality when he asked me why I was copying the style and substance of other poets–dead, of course. Jack, he said, when you inhabit another man’s universe it will always be smaller than the one you create for yourself.
After that wisdom, there was no going back to imitation. After years of work, experimentation, and exploration of the writing world–which involved three trips to South America and their exposure to both Indigenous and Colonial lifestyles–I returned home carrying a load of understanding and desire that had not driven me before. Life in South America gave me three novels: No Century for Apologies, which won Honorable Mention for the Hoffer Grand Prize; Gabriela and The Widow which was a finalist for the Book of the Year Award; as well as a Finalist for the Montaigne Medal and One Year in the Time of Violence, a novel that follows a Gringo living in the time of the Colombian Violencia with all its horror and political chaos.
I have been a college instructor, a grammar school teacher, a social worker, a community activist, a tunnel stiff, and a bus driver. My writing world expanded with each life experience until I was able to write a ground-breaking novel titled Citadel. Enraptured with fiction, I had ignored poetry until events unfolded which led me to write Josie Delgado, a Poem of the Central Valley and Satori. With each publication, I understood more of Thom Gunn’s wisdom. I have collaborated with many writers to produce work that has found a place in the Writer’s How-to Pantheon, but the major contribution is The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery, with Robert J. Ray.
On the heels of writing success, I entered the world of radio and have worked for several years with Marsha Casper Cook and her Michigan Avenue Media. There is a saying in the world of screenwriting–Be kind to the people you meet on your way up because you will see them again on your way down. That bit of wisdom has been my guide as I offer, free of charge, my weekly Masterclass in Interactive Rewriting. I met many writers on my way to my limited success and I am more than happy to share what I know with younger (sometimes older) writers anxious to see their work in print. Several of my students have published work that I do not hesitate to recommend in my reviews of said work. I continue to teach and to write.
My latest novel, Man Alone (2023) asks the question–what is happening to men in our culture? Why are so many men lost and alone? Why are so many young men rejecting education m favor of violence and the marginalized life? At this time, I am writing the follow-up novel to Man Alone–The Last of the Best–while at the same time reading the work of other writers and producing blurbs, reviews, and critiques. I think that it is my job and my duty to encourage, protect, and laud writers as they venture into the dangerous world of words.
A friend once told me that it is easier to rewrite history than to rewrite a novel. I believe that adage, but it doesn’t deter me from pursuing the ineffable and beautiful beyond reality that lies on the other side of experience.
This is an excerpt. You can read the Full Interview with Voyage Utah by Clicking Here.
Press Release: Man Alone
SIDEKICK PRESS RELEASES MAN ALONE BY JACK REMICK
Man Alone is set in and around a complex Seattle where Rat City meets the Billionaires’ Club. Zene, a man alone, lives in a chaotic, sexually disruptive and violence-wrecked world. His life ruined after a chain of disappointments and falls—the fruits of his violent nature—Zene runs into Karizma, a love-creature from his past, and he’s smitten again, knowing all the while that for him, there’s no future in love. Not your basic romance, for sure.
Man Alone is now available on Audible!
Download today to escape into Jack Remick’s “new genre, pulp literature!”
An Excerpt Read by the Author
Early reviews praise Remick’s new title:
From its opening scene on a bar stool, to Zene’s denouement, walking into the tunnel of darkness, the novel beguiles the reader with images that arrest, unmask, and reflect Everyman’s fated existential dialogue with self.
Man Alone’s stripped-down cadence—peeling away the veneer of words—achieves an apotheosis of carnal
sensuality where two bodies combine into one…this author’s luminous reveal.
—Dennis Must, author of MacLeish Sq. et al
Jack Remick has invented a new genre—Pulp Literature. In Man Alone, Remick delivers lines with the deadpan of a
pulp detective on the crime-trail…Remick’s characters engaged in the base pursuit of their own ends, burn up in
the fire of their own kindling…Remick builds on a theory of masks and unmasking, and, in the stunningly poetic
images that run in Zene’s observations, you see a writer as observer whose characters have depth as well as a fatal
blind spot. In Man Alone Remick has come into some kind of new literary superpower.
—Christine Runyon
Man Alone is a story that must be experienced…the story is wonderfully original, with characters who are exquisite
in their flaws…Remick’s talent with words is unquestionable, and his ability to create such original tales that draw
you in and force you to contemplate the realities of the darker side of human nature is, in my opinion, unmatched.
—Theresa Cogdill
For more information, to inquire about a review copy, or schedule an interview, please contact Lisa Dailey at
360.224.5535 or lisa@sidekickpress.com.