"They were not bound by any idea of common brotherhood and, having no rule but that of force, they believed themselves each other's enemies. This belief was due to their weakness and ignorance. Knowing nothing, they feared everything. They attacked in self-defense. An individual isolated on the face of the earth, at the mercy of mankind, is bound ( Read more... )

"Writers are a curious species; the writing life even more so. We tell ourselves stories, not the way regular people do, but with word-by-word effort. Dreams become insufficient. We're compelled to lock them down, polish them, hoard them on hard drives and paper. We dare to compare them to the work of others. Worst of all, after months and years of ( Read more... )

This is not much of an entry, just a lot of little fragmented things ( Read more... )

( I'm gonna put this under a cut because it's really just me needing to write about a book I'm reading. Not at all about my life...except that it's ALL about my life, and continued dependence upon literature. )

This is what happens when I should be doing something worthwhile but the computer happens to be on ( Read more... )

My English professor from last semester won the Distinguished Teaching Award for the year. When asked about his statement of intent in teaching, he said this ( Read more... )

I am again overcome by a great love of Diane Duane. I'm sure I've told you all a million times that you should read her books because they really will change your life, but I mean it. So much of who I am and who I want to be -- not just as a writer, but as a person -- is within the pages of her books, specifically the Young Wizards series that ( Read more... )

I feel like the most wonderful geek, because you know what I stayed up for last night? Collaborative poetry. And you know what's even better? It's not the first time ( Read more... )