As one who has been reading constantly for most of my life, I don't often encounter new words anymore. Except, that is, when I read something by Cormac McCarthy. I decided I should start keeping track of my favorites when I, today, encountered two new beauties in the same sentence. Here they are: Coomb (also …
how long do you go without writing because you worry about ‘originality’
nothing is original, also, everything is. originality is defined by whether the reader has seen it before. the more you've read, the less you will think anything is original, its a pointless aspect to chase, especially if your audience is well read. anyway, here is a new story by me about someone chasing originality
sometimes i look at old blog posts
and am bemused at the number of exclamation marks everywhere. they create a strong impression of naivete, of a loud smiling voice with no clue about anything he's saying. i think i used to present myself in this way intentionally, as a defense against potential criticisms. looking back, it makes me wonder what i thought …
Didn’t read it: The Novelist: A Novel, by Jordan Castro, a noview
Imagine that you wake one morning and at the foot of your bed is a glowing blue portal cut from the air, a shimmering gateway to whoknowswhere, you step blearily and excitedly toward it, it could lead anywhere, anywhen, turn you into anyone, the vibrating, shimmering edges seem to pulse with possibility, this, finally, is …
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Best writing year yet?
Today I have had yet another story accepted for publication, that brings the total to 7 this year. To put that in perspective, before this year, the total number of stories that I'd ever had published was 10. What happened? Why this sudden streak? Well, one major key is I'm sending out many more stories, …
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