There comes a magical moment in any writing project, especially the long ones, when even though you didn't notice it happening, and maybe you don't feel like you've really written all that much, all of a sudden it switches over from So Much To Do to Almost Done. Seriously. It's like there's just magically a tipping point that you cross and realize ( Read more... )

I want to take a cross-country train trip.

This is the Amtrak brochure's fault.

Good job, Amtrak brochure

I'm going to write the 1st generation story bit of my book (first draft) by June 1. ~20 pages of Edward Alter's childhood and the prohibition scandal.

Hold me to that.

Much better than the facebook version where I was Dr. Crusher.

Your results:
You are Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard
85%
James T. Kirk (Captain)
75%
Will Riker
65%
Mr. Scott
50%
Chekov
50%
Deanna Troi
50%
Beverly Crusher
45%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)
35%
Spock
32%
Uhura
30%
Worf
30%
Data
29%
Geordi LaForge
25%
An Expendable Character ( ( Read more... )

Ok this time I didn't even type, I just grabbed a pencil and scrawled on the back of my friend's workshop submission ( Read more... )

Here's a totally random thing in my life that I would have completely forgotten if it weren't for my quote book ( Read more... )

I have discovered the scent of England.
England smells like Dolce & Gabanna Light Blue.

I MUST HAVE IT

Sat next to a girl on the train today, and that's what she said she was wearing. Which makes me wonder why exactly I associate this Light Blue so clearly with Oxford. Where/Who did I smell?

I'm working on my syllabus for wr101 in the fall, and we're supposed to include lessons from this book called "Rewriting" by Joseph Harris. So I figure, ok, maybe I should read it and then maybe I'll have some kind of clue how I'm supposed to do it ( Read more... )

Here are some semicoherent things I think about 90s night ( Read more... )

Last night I was waiting for the 66 outside of Charlie's, annoyed that it was taking so long to come, when a posse of four loud teenage 'hood types crossed the street to wait at that same bus stop ( Read more... )