you know what? i'm too lazy to maintain more than one online journal. & this one seems to be uglier, so i'm out of here. from now on i will confine rantings regarding my life itself to http://jonathanball.blogspot.com. you are all welcome to come by. in the meantime, i'll keep this up ( Read more... )

So now we are shooting people in the street, five times in the head, for no reason. Well, if it's started in the UK, soon it will be happening in the US and Canada. I think I'm moving to Mars.

I just found out today I'll be on the Big Breakfast on Monday, at an ungodly hour no doubt. I'll be reppin' the Gimli Film Festival, which all of you should take some time out from Fringing to go check out (see http://www.gimlifilmfestival.com for more info)

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this is hilarious, though the random generator didn't like my band much. funny since it is composed of actual real-life musicians. the best part is the stuff about bin laden.


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chapbooks rule. i have added two more chapbooks to my publishing list. one is "The Road to Power by Barbara Berger" by Aaron Mauro. an excellent manuscript, talked to Aaron today, he is going to do some more edits and then we'll get to work on it. very pleased how interested he is in the whole process. i also had an idea for another chapbook of my ( Read more... )

i opened up my mailbox today and there was a copy of quills magazine. i thought that strange since i don't subscribe to it. but i'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, so i opened it up and checked out the table of contents for recognizable names. imagine my surprise when i saw my own name, printed there ( Read more... )

Grain has rejected me once again!!! (well, this time it was less of a rejection & more of a contest loss) -- i am determined to publish in Grain. it's decided -- i will save the short story "Your Letter" and send it to them in September when their reading period starts again. take that, Grain! (no, really, take it)

So the shorts program for the Gimli Film Festival 2005 has been determined. You can click the link to see what local films are playing ( Read more... )