An English professor told his class one day: “Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a short story. You […]
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A gallery has replaced a painting of a naked man with a female nude after it received dozens of complaints. Sure is a good thing nobody complains about female nudes! I mean, naked men are soooo scary.
Uncomfortable, Isn’t It? Read More »
Down about 15 pages from the page count goal I had for today, but hey, writing 34 pages in 7 days still isn’t bad. Stuck on some plot points, and doing some more reading elsewhere to get myself out of the bind. Should pick up again tomorrow. Day job still sucks. Also, it’s snowing like
Damn, This is Tough Read More »
For overthrowing governments at home at abroad!
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Despite appearances, I am still alive. Working a day job that suddenly has me, you know, working, which means little to no blogging. It’ll be awhile before this lets up. Finished wrapping all my Christmas presents today. It’s the first year I can afford to get everybody presents, and it feels really good. Sitting here
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Wow. The more time I spend at the office, the more I feel like Edward Norton.
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Somebody else asked me how I was “getting so skinny.” These people baffle me. I start moving into a size 14, and everybody thinks I weigh 150 lbs or something. Weird. I haven’t weighed 150 since I was like 12 years old. It’s all relative.
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This isn’t the first time my writing has interfered with my relationships. I’ll spend a good deal of time doing research, writing a few pages a month, and then the bucket will tip over and for a couple of months, I’ll do nothing but write, and think about writing, and talk about either writing in
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Susanna Clarke does a Q&A about Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. There was an interesting question about where all of the female magicians were in Clarke’s book. And I have to admit, that question never crossed my mind. I felt Clarke was writing a certain sort of book, set in England during an alternate 1830s-ish
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