State of the WriMo
Yesterday marked the end of NaNoWriMo and – genius me – I didn’t get around to my word validator until too late. So, I have no official word count, only what my little MS Word spits out. I’m going with that…
Coming in at 47,225 words is UNTITLED!!!!! I fell short, but I’m counting this as [...]
NaNoWriMo 2009
November 1st rolled around with a bang this year… at least for me. Fresh off the writer’s high of my out-of-genre experience, I have been writing up a little storm here at Frog Central. Perfect timing for NaNoWriMo!
If you’re unfamiliar, check it out. Sure, it’s a few days late, but don’t let that stop you. [...]
13 TweetStories and TweetHaikus
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a short series of TweetStories and TweetHaikus. Thus, I’ve decided to create a bit of a log for all of my Tweet writings here on the blog. Granted, I know they are not literary masterpieces, but often times I find that one short sentence (or even part of a sentence) [...]
Open Letter to David Foster Wallace
Dear Mr. Wallace,
I’ve done it… twice. I have read Infinite Jest… twice. It only took me 10 years and more than a dozen attempts, but I have done it and I am not pleased with you. At all.
Let me start by saying that I get it – ok… it’s a social commentary (a rather scathing [...]
It is Done
This was originally posted on another blog on January 24, 2009:
On March 27th, 2004, I saw the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. That film prompted me to write the prior post about finding my voice.
A few months ago, I also posted about my struggle with the 70-page Stretch. Go ahead… take some time [...]