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Boy Nobody (Allen Zadoff) 10 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff My rating: 4 of 5 stars From Goodreads: "They needed the perfect soldier: one who could function in every situation without fear, sympathy or anger; who could assassinate ...
Musings on Poetics 10 Apr 2013 | 07:58 pm
As a result of certain events conspiring against me, I wrote a poem on Monday. I had a plot. I had a title. I was intended to write a short story, but when I sat down, a poem is what came out. I'm st...
Music Monday: "Sometimes" (Walk Off the Earth) 8 Apr 2013 | 08:31 pm
Seems weird to do back-to-back WOTE Music Mondays, but I justify this because last time the song was a cover, and because today, "Sometimes" is just my jam. WOTE doesn't have an official video for "S...
NaCreSoMo #16: ARGH 24 Mar 2013 | 08:37 pm
Just finished redrafting a chapter of NEEDS A BETTER CODE NAME (maybe I should just shorten it to CODE NAME?) for my class workshop. This is one of those days when revising (and writing in general) f...
NaCreSoMo #15: Feeling Good About Procrastination 23 Mar 2013 | 06:28 am
What a difference a good night's sleep makes. Different frame of mind, different brain activity, different...levels of procrastination? Yes, I said it. I am a master at procrastination. My skills at ...
NaCreSoMo #14: Tapped Out 22 Mar 2013 | 07:35 am
Ugh. I feel like I've been trying to write this whole week, and things keep getting in the way. So there's not much in the way of writing to share in the way of my creation right now. Instead, I'm go...
NaCreSoMo #13: Special Babies 19 Mar 2013 | 04:44 am
I've been thinking a lot about revision recently. Now, I'm pretty much always thinking about revision in one way or another. But there's just something about workshopping NEEDS A BETTER CODE NAME in ...
NaCreSoMo #12: Busy Busy Busy (and Song) 18 Mar 2013 | 08:22 am
The semester is kicking my butt just a little harder than I want it to right now. So I'm going to write you a little poem. It goes like this: Busy busy busy Busy busy busy busy busy Busy busy Afte...
NaCreSoMo #11: Scribbles (Part 1) 16 Mar 2013 | 08:48 am
I've been busy. Flying. Moving. Sleeping. Doing those things that people do when they aren't, you know, on the internet. I've also been revising, lots of revising, staring at the page and deleting wor...
NaCreSoMo #10: Revision is HARD 13 Mar 2013 | 06:30 am
Why yes, I'm a few days behind. Chalk that up to spending a lot of time catching up with friends and family, and not enough time with my nose to the grindstone. I've finally hit just a little bit of ...
