Writer Steven Barnes suggests that that you should read ten times as much as you write. Given that I should be writing every day and that I average about 2 pages (approximately 500 words) per day, and guestimating that the average short story is about 5,000 words, I've made it my business to read one piece of short fiction per day. (Non-fic doesn't count but I wonder if I should include comics.)...
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Ganked from somewhere, partially in honor of the Very Short Stories--six-word pieces from some top sci-fi authors--that ran in WIRED, I give you the Two-Word Meme, where each of the questions below is answered with two words.1. Explain what ended your last relationship? Partial meltdown.2. When was the last time you shaved? Monday morning.3. What were you doing this morning at 8 a.m.? Soundly sleeping.4....
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Not.I got this stuff (and these are just the fiction books) last week at the Tompkins Country Friends of the Library Book Sale (N.B. I couldn't include Alison Lurie's WOMEN AND GHOSTS in the layout, here). I still hadn't gone through the backlog of last spring's books.powered by frazy.comSo, I've decided that...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
My Life: The Original Motion Picture SoundtrackOpening Credits: Chicago, "Aire"Waking Up: Air, "Ce Matin La"Average Day: Doobie Brothers, "Takin' It To the Streets"Falling In Love: Helen Merril, "'S Wonderful"Love Scene: Casandra Wilson, "Poet"Death of a Loved One: Queen, "Who Wants to Live Forever"Bad Love: Michael McDonald, "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"Sad Love: Doobie Brothers, "What...
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