Q. Why did the writer find herself obsessively cleaning her keyboard mere hours before her short story that was not yet complete was due? A. Wombats! This is where you crack up to the point…
Date Archives March 2008
Memorable Literary Hoaxes
Memorable Literary Hoaxes. I think Janet Cooke is my fave. [via]
Rock of pages
Rock of Pages, 45 books for the literate music geek. [via]
The way it posesses you it really frightens me
Tomorrow when I am bellyachin’ about the short story that isn’t quite done and how I have to get ready to go the Bob Mould concert, remind me that it’s totally my fault because instead…
Sign 4 of 12 that you really are an e-mail marketer
You get an e-mail plugging the remastered “Strangers Alamnac” from “Fellow Music Nerd” and the first thing you think is, “Huh, nice from line.”
Lies, memoirs, emotional honesty, and scaring The Deets
Sometime last year or the year before that, I spent hours at Grumpy’s with Jags and The Hottie discussing the bullshit that is dubbed “creative non-fiction.” That designation as a writing genre drives me nuts….