Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
Been awhile since we’ve talked, huh? Yeah, I’m still alive. Things are going okay. I’ve had a bit of a span of self-realization lately. I won’t call it a “come to Jesus” as I’m still devoutly uninterested in religion. But yeah, other things have been murdering my focus on the blog, so I haven’t been [...]
Today is the last day of the 30 Days of Glorious… Well, Something…, that I started back in October. Eventually, I’ll go back and do the fancy-schmancy cross-linking of the list to the entries. Today, however, is not that day. So what do I aspire to? First and foremost, I aspire to be a great [...]
Just started writing this this morning. I have no idea where the hell the story’s going or anything like that. It stemmed from an idea I had just before bed, and when I woke up, the first page was already there, ready to go, and locked in my brain. Thought you’d like to see the [...]
Here’s the list of books I took with me to read on the beach in Jamaica: The House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds The Final Solution by Michael Chabon Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling by Bike Snob NYC Bicycling Science, 3rd Edition by David Gordon Wilson The Black Swan: Second [...]
The challenge: Write a one page (~250 words) description of a barn as seen through the eyes of a man whose son just died in a war overseas. Do not mention the man, the son, war, or death. My work: The barn looks to be the color of dried blood. The roof, taken by a [...]
Digging into Karl Schroeder’s Queen of Candesce right now. I love the guy’s world-building, and Virga is a memorable locale. It’s the last of the trio of books I bought at Uncle Hugo’s a few weeks ago, and turning into the best of the three. The others were Edelman’s Infoquake and Morgan’s Altered Carbon. The [...]
Recently, J.D. Salinger packed his bags and headed off for a meeting with the Great Literary Agent in the Sky. This got me to thinking about The Catcher in the Rye, and how I really can’t stand it. I mean, I understand the literary significance of the book, but that may well be its only [...]
Source: Can’t remember where I found it, but the exercise is to list ten random material nouns and ten random immaterial nouns. Then, connect one of each using “of” to create a series of interesting descriptions to use in a sentence. Material Nouns: calendar, photograph, bolt, bottle, platter, book, microphone, wire, frame, sword Immaterial Nouns: [...]
Source: Writing Forward. Take an original paragraph you’ve written and cut everything you can without losing the original meaning of the work. Original: Exhaustion of the deep, bone-weary variety has a unique way of numbing an emotional response. The trio — Addy, Khalid, and Markus — had watched the supply hopper come in through the [...]
Source: Writing Forward. Write one sentence that is at least 100 words long. Then, rewrite that sentence in 10 words or less. Part One: A truth: getting shot and living is akin to being born and John knows that because he’s living through it all over again from the moment of the bullet’s impact into [...]
