I only mentioned David Foster Wallace once. Seriously. Hanging out with The Teacher and four other writers at Grumpy’s and he only came up once. Granted that once was a five-minute mini-lecture delivered in breathless…
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Gather around the rocker of Granny Internet
The post after your 10th anniversary post is intimidating. What do you write about? Part of me wants to gather people around my rocker and tell stories of the blogging days of yore. Back when…
Ten years of I Will Dare: ten of my best posts
Today, I Will Dare is 10 years old today! Permit a bit of self-indulgence as I share with you 10 of my favorite posts, one from each year. October 20, 2000 The Great Clyde Break-In:…
From the advice-I-won’t-be-heeding file
Last week I had my first workshop in Short Short Fiction. For as much as I’m struggling with this class, it went really, really well. I can’t tell if that’s a good thing or a…
A few things about some things, a pointless list
I’m taking an Innovative Fiction class at The Loft tomorrow. I’m mostly looking forward to it. Only mostly, because lately I’ve been Lofty McLoftloft. Class last Tuesday, Comicbook and Graphic Novel Conference last weekend*, Class…