The latest RFSM podcast is done, and will be released some time in the next week. This is all a precursor to our new venture, which will be announced soon.

I’ve written extensively about Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD, and my feelings about it, so I won’t go into it here.

However, if you’ve an interest in a rare interview with him, you can view it online here. Yes, it’s at Oprah’s site, and yes you have to register, but it’s worth it.

There’s a moment in the interview, when she asks him if his son influenced the book. His response, so open and honest, made me totally reconceptualize the book. THE ROAD is about the inherent goodness of the author’s young son — it is about the love he feels for his child, and his hope that that love would persevere the worst possible world.

In his reaction, I finally understood. As a parent, as someone who thinks quite often about his own children, I got it.

Anyway, if you’ve read the book, it’s worth reading.