My body has decided to exact its revenge for keeping it up until 3 in the morning Thursday. It waited patiently until today, and then it unleashed a bout of narcolepsy not seen by the…
Date Archives 2006
A Supergenius’ Progress or, Hey, I know that guy
So I made it as far as putting all the fiction away. This was the coffee table before, and now there’s only four books on there, all which have to go upstairs to the Fortress…
A weekend with goals
I often lament my complete lack of personal goals. I feel like I should have some sort of goal, you know a place I see myself in 5 or 10 years. But I have none….
Come rejoice with me in my writing validation
Writing is kind of a thankless obsession. It’s filled with rejection, self-doubt, and general insanity. When you’re an unpublished fiction-writer, like me, the validation for what you’re doing doesn’t come very often, but when it…
Last night’s last night of class, a beginning
Sometimes I don’t know where to begin. I obsess over first lines. I did it when I was a reporter, I do it now. I cannot start any short story until I’ve got the first…
An hour of Evan Dando returns me to equilibrium
Most of my co-working posse is up in the Great White North celebrating our capitalistic success. I, however, opted not to join the party because I am endlessly dedicated to my Advanced Fiction class at…