Sometimes when I am idly surfing the web or pondering the next sentence to write and Liz Phair or Lucinda Williams shuffles up on Evangeline I start arguing with myself. It usually goes like this….
Date Archives 2009
You can learn a lot by nosing through someone’s stuff
What an unusual book. Even for a graphic novel, Leanne Shapton’s Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry is unlike anything I…
One year later, an update
A little while ago, I was sitting here in the La-Z-Grrl wondering what to write about. I was smiling to myself and reveling in the moment because it was filled with contentment and happiness, though…
Still in recovery
There’s a reason you don’t hear about a lot of 30somethings pulling all nighters. It’s because we are old and need our sleep. Yesterday was the Web Challenge and it was a test of endurance….
Saving it up
Things have been a bit quiet here this week. That’s because I am saving it all up from tomorrow. See, tomorrow is our big Website Challenge event. It’s where we get 120 nerds in a…
A nimble goddess
I can’t remember if this is the year that we proclaim the death of the novel or if it’s the short story that’s supposed to be dead. Maybe it’s fiction in general, or publishing specifically….