The awkward construction of that headline. Writing fiction two days in a row like some kind of fiction writer. Today I crested 21,000 words on The Beast v2. Emptying the dishwasher when the only dirty…
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Writing Process Blog Tour: Some Word Barf About Word Barf
Last week, my friend Donna Trump, a lovely and talented writer I met in on of Vodo’s writing classes at The Loft a bajillion years ago asked me to take part in the Writing Process…
Top 25 Most Listened to Songs of 2013 or Music for writing a book to
For the first time in the nine-year history of the Top 25 I had to turn to the Last.fm charts, rather than rely on my ol’ iTunes play counts (which I reset every year around…
Doubling Down
I’m not entirely sure what it means to double down. It has something to do with black jack, right? I’m not much of a gambler. When I worked at The Nerdery, my friend Malmsy and…
My 2nd Favorite Album of 2013 Probably Didn’t Come Out in 2013
I decided right now that I’m going to write about my favorite albums and/or songs of 2013. I already started last week with Jason Isbell’s “Southeastern”, which is, I repeat, the best album to be…
Except for Kurt Cobain Who Sprung Fully-Formed from the Space Needle
We were at Grumpy’s, because of course we were. All my stories that don’t start with “I woke up from a nap” start with “We were at Grumpy’s.” It was fitting because I was grumpy…