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April 11, 2011
I believe writers are being confused. Not on purpose, of course — I don’t think anyone in the industry is trying to give bad advice to amateur authors. But I do see professionals giving advice that suggests overwrought prose is a result of editing too much. There is such a thing as overwrought and overwritten […]
April 8, 2011
My dad was the Best Dad Ever. He collected electric guitars and played like a pro. He wore red All-Stars and cowboy boots and bomber jackets. He lived in the Lower East Side. His apartment had bare brick, Balinese masks and a cow skull. He used to run my sharp little-girl nails over the thick […]
April 7, 2011
Drawing for prizes will take place on May 1st. Please note that there are so few entries, the next SIX people who get the answer right are guaranteed a prize. … I’m not kidding when I said I’d give you a prize if you told me the name of the film that produced this still: […]
April 5, 2011
The end of my first draft is approaching the same way an ocean steamer moves through water. I’m in a little wooden dinghy — white, with a blue stripe and red underneath, the dinghy my grandpa made with his own two hands, in case you’re wondering — watching this monster cut smoothly towards me, and […]
April 3, 2011
N.B.: I’m attempting to train my body clock. It’s really awful…my autopilot seems to be just as stubborn as my conscious brain. I warn you; for the next few days I’ll be blogging to keep myself from falling asleep — so that gives you some idea about the quality you can expect. … I wrote […]
March 29, 2011
This has expanded into a feature of the blog, I think. I listen to Lähtö when I want to write the cold and lonely places of the world.
March 28, 2011
For those of you who wish to read more about my opinions on the Amanda Hocking and DexRaven conversation, I have more to say on the subject, but I’d like to discuss the idea of quality a bit first. at the start of things… across the stars far away from our own planet not just […]
not very alice 
April 16, 2011
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