Reading Bored of the Rings, a best-selling parody of the Tolkein saga, I was rather horrified to find myself thinking: Wow, I can write better than these people. Obviously, someone needs to give my ego a nice prick. Someone needs to give my head a cold compress to reduce that swelling. And I know just who's up for the job ( Read more... )

Yesterday abowlofpetunias and I came to the conclusion that we were distinct failures as teenagers. "What can we do about it?" we thought. "We're a disgrace to teenage girls all over the country! This cannot continue ( Read more... )

Five minute freewrite. Ready, and...go ( Read more... )