So you want to write a novel
dwkazzie “So You Want to Write a Novel” Do you think they will let me direct the movie version of my book? This hurts. Whether from laughing or crying I can’t tell.
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Words, a video poem
WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo. Directed by Daniel Mercadante and Will Hoffman with a score by Keith Kenniff, Words is called a video poem, collage, and also seems to be an exercise in word association. It’s a neat idea, and very well executed. Spotted on BoingBoing.
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Ninjabread cookie cutters
I saw this on ThinkGeek, and how could I not want them? They’re officially called Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters, though there’s nothing particularly manly about them. I think they could easily serve as gender neutral breads if one so desired. ((And I so desire.)) Rational: I bake excellent cookies, so this would be far more useful than
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3+ Depressing blogs for writers
I’m a writer. Being depressed is good for my art. 1. Literary Rejections on Display The blog is written by a “published, award-winning author of fiction and creative nonfiction”, who, of course, continues to receive rejection letters. Rejection letters – both form and with commentary – are sourced from the anonymous blog author as well as reader
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How to shorten a manuscript
rogiepiano “How to Shorten a Manuscript” Sometimes there’s just no other way. “Just cut it, babe.” Wise, wise words.
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Book shopping
I acquire books the way some go for shoes: I see something I want and simply must have it. Before going shopping on Saturday I asked the Twitterverse to recommend poets I should read, and I received some good suggestions: Anne Sexton from @la_panique, Louis Untermeyer from @szul, Robinson Jeffers from @davidbmetcalfe (thanks guys!) and I added a