The info for Printer’s Ball 2008 has just got live. OK, it has probably been live for a few weeks now, but today was the first time I dropped by the website and discovered all the details. Check it out. Looks like a stellar lineup of mags this year.
For those unfamiliar, Printer’s Ball is this [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Printer’s Ball 2008
Posted in Day to day on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most Likely This Will Rock! Most Definitely…
Posted in Day to day on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, the time has come. Finally! Papa Tanzer’s new novel, Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine, is now available for pre-order via his publishers website. Head over to Orange Alert Pressrun by the ever-so lovely Jason Berhends and pick this puppy up. I wrote a little something about that will be [...]
Dialogue’s A Bitch!
Posted in Day to day on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most challenging parts of writing a story, or a crafting a scene more specifically, is a dialogue. It can’t just be:
“Hey,” Jon says.
“What’s up?” Sally says.
“Nothing. Nice day though.”
“I agree. Very nice.”
“Cool.”
“Yeah. Cool.”
“Yeah. I hope it’s like this tomorrow.”
“Me too.”
OK, it can be this if this type of exchange warrants it. If [...]
A Great Podcast Goes Down
Posted in Day to day on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Bat Segundo Show, a great lit podcast that features writers of all sorts, is having to close it’s doors. Due to what, you ask? Financial hardships, what else, the long-living foe of independent media. It’s sad. This show rocked it, rocked it good. Below is a message from Bat Segundo’s head-honcho, Ed Champion. Thanks [...]
Drown in Greatness
Posted in Day to day on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished reading Junot Diaz’s Drown. And may I say while I don’t think there’s anything as a perfect book, Diaz’s 1996 collection comes damn close. I’m having a love affair with this book right now, completely awed. There are parts of this book that left me speechless: the use of figurative language and [...]
Nothing Much Of Note
Posted in Day to day on July 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am going to write this all in the past tense, meaning that the things I’m doing right now will be presented as if they happened earlier in the day. The same goes for the things that are going to happen today, things I have to do, so that when you read this later on [...]
Odd Places/Writing Tip
Posted in Day to day on July 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always written in odd places. And on odd things: napkins, the back of receipts, text messages, the back of hand, etc.
Sometimes I write in class or in the car or on the train. Granted, these more often than not are just scribblings, idea making. Serious revision and editing I do sitting down at a [...]
