Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Rules for Writing Fiction (ironically) five is my favorite, “Start as close to the end as possible.”
Date Archives March 2007
Nevermind Neko, Ta-ta Ted
Last night when I pulled into the bowling alley parking lot great billowing clouds of steam poured from Ruby’s hood. Not a good sign. Tony went out to go look at her. In the fading…
nuances of copy
The Nuances of Copy. Ariel gets it dead right.
Goalless meets the Goal Setter
I’ve spent this morning chatting with Sister #2 about babysitting the kids tomorrow, publishing short fiction, tattoos, their upcoming trip to Memphis and Florida, and the bowling alley. That’s how sisters talk, flitting from one…
The sexy turtle
This one’s gonna hurt. I just checked and at least I don’t have a 9 a.m. meeting. Staying at Grumpy’s with the Usual Suspects always sounds like a really good idea when I’m there, but…
Paul Westerberg at the Fitz in June?
Rumor has it, according to the Man Without Ties message board, that one Mr. Paul Westerberg might be ponying up to the mic during his wife Laurie Lindeen’s appearance as part of 89.3 The Current’s…