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My struggle to get in the daily habit of writing. Plus book reviews and other literary news.
2010-03-23 16:32
Photo from http://www.radiotimes.com/shows/boston-legal/Spring Break is finally here. That means only six weeks left of this insane course load. It's my fault, I signed up for four English c… Read More
2010-03-10 05:04
I was fortunate enough to attend a poetry reading at UCCS last night in honor of International Women's Day. The presenting poet was Margaret Randall. Prior to the event, I had never heard of… Read More
2010-02-26 05:36
So I'm sitting in British Literature today and I'm bored. Not that I dislike the literature, I just have issues with the teaching method. I just don't get a lot out of the class. Anyway, I'v… Read More
2010-02-24 08:33
This came up in a discussion with a friend of mine. She is unwilling to send her work out for publication. She is protective of it as she feels it is her best work. I understand this view as… Read More
2010-02-19 21:11
Today's book review was brought you by writer E.M. Samuelson and the letter Q:There’s always one person in a crowd who would willing admit that they once groped a man in a club and lat… Read More
2010-02-19 21:05
So I've recently come across Paperback Writer, a blog by prolific author Sheila Kelly (check the site for a list of books and pseudonyms). In my quest to read the blog from beginning to end… Read More
2010-02-13 18:33
I have this list on my desk of journals I want to submit to. This is something I started with the new year. They are in order of due date and I cross them off as I get them done. To be hones… Read More
2010-02-05 20:12
The demise of literary journals has been at the forefront of the media for a couple of years now. As a writer, this represents the loss of possible markets for my work. Several journals have… Read More
2010-02-01 22:36
KPXD3GARFXTUFollowers of the Writerly Habit know that I have struggled with writing for many years. I often say that I have low ass-to-chair ratio. Sounds silly, but it's true. I don't norma… Read More
2010-01-31 07:56
Shortly after agreeing to offer e-books to Apple for the iPad, Macmillan's books have been pulled from Amazon. Ok ok, that's not why they pulled the books but you have to wonder if there wer… Read More
2010-01-30 07:11
Yesterday J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, died of natural causes. I won't go into too much detail as I feel the article in the Times covered it nicely. I'd rather take this… Read More
2010-01-29 19:28
The iPad tablet was unveiled by Apple this week. At first, I was imagining how cool it would be to finally have an e-book reader that could also access apps like the iPhone. I've never used… Read More
2010-01-29 19:23
As a late Christmas present to myself, I ordered a copy of If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland. Amazon is nice in that I was able to preview the book. The table of contents seemed promisin… Read More
2010-01-29 19:22
Have you ever run across a poem or other work that addresses an inanimate object? We see this a lot with more flowery poets. Oh moon! Oh stars! Oh freedom! This is addressing a personified t… Read More
2010-01-29 19:21
In an article for The Daily Beast, Taylor Antrim trashes memoir. He states "Too often, memoir seems to me an excuse to be fragmentary, incomplete, narratively non-rigorous." This seems like… Read More
2010-01-25 06:23
I just finished reading an article about Philip K. Dick and his years in Orange County. If you don't know who Philip K. Dick is, well you've been living under a rock. He was a prolific sci-f… Read More
2010-01-23 22:04
In an article in the New York Times, a publishing battle has been brought to the forefront. Several publishers are offering free e-books as promotional tools to entice Kindle users to buy ot… Read More
2010-01-23 20:46
Have you ever been embarrassed to read a book in public because of the title and/or cover art? As someone who has dabbled in erotica, I find this a common problem. Kevin Sampsell, author of… Read More
2010-01-23 03:54
I wish I was in New York City because Haruki Murakami's book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel has been turned into a stage production. The stills in the gallery look amazing, they have th… Read More
2010-01-23 03:17
Author Edwidge Danticat will be interviewed by Christiane Amanpour on CNN this Sunday January 24th. It is scheduled at 2pm EST. They will discuss the situation in Haiti. Danticat is a Haitia… Read More
2010-01-23 02:46
I was reading an article today from the Wall Street Journal about the death of the slush pile. At first, the thought that I could have as low of a .008% chance of being plucked from the slus… Read More
2010-01-02 06:51
Another year ending, this time the close of a decade. The news stations have compiled their top ten lists of the moments that made the decade. The rise of gossip media and Britney shaving he… Read More
2009-12-23 08:18
I started this week with a great writing meeting. Every so often, I meet with friends from last summer's creative nonfiction class. I was pretty happy that we actually talked about writing t… Read More
2009-10-30 13:56
I've been reading Louise DeSalvo's Writing as a Way of Healing for a few weeks now. Last night, I was reading about how authors may dream about their work. The kind of writing DeSalvo is tal… Read More
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