Category: Humor
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The Chocolate Pyramid
At the corner of Halloween and getting an agent, it seemed an appropriate time to bring this out. Reposted from my tumblr.
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Word Counts vs. Balance
I recently mentioned that with my WIP (my shortest yet) I have had some difficulty hitting my previous daily word counts. While in top form (i.e., during Nanowrimo when I am pushing myself) I can write upwards of 1,700 words a day, with my current project I am rarely making it over 1,200, and usually…
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Sign of a writer #286: enjoys making people cry
“I cry a lot, but it also kind of fills me up, makes me joyful to watch other people cry at something I made.” —John Green on repeatedly watching TFiOS in theaters (via The Colbert Report)
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From Chaos Comes Order, or: This is How You Write
This is something I have come to realize recently. I mean, really realize: Writing is messy. There’s simply no right way to do it. (There are, however, plenty of wrong ones: baking cookies, watching Dexter, and checking your email every seven minutes to see if Mr./Ms. Agent has finished reading your manuscript among them.) You…
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A Good Writing Day (A Second Person Adventure)
It might begin around mid-morning or noon: You notice that you’re still in pajamas, or perhaps that you haven’t any pants on. No matter; you’ve brushed your hair and your teeth and are therefore not a total disgrace. You’ll dress when you finish this passage. Keep writing. You resolve, as tasks fleetingly cross your mind,…
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On Buying Used Books…With Inscriptions
I love secondhand shops. Bookstores, boutiques, or Goodwill– doesn’t matter. A) I love a good bargain and B) You never know what you’ll find. Every visit is a treasure hunt. That’s half the fun! Well, last weekend my exploits turned up this journal: It’s a Paperblanks hardcover journal. If you’ve ever browsed among the blank…
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Words of the Week 3/12/2014
This week’s words: ineffectual adj. not producing the desired effect apostate n. one who renounces a principle or belief; one who forsakes a cause barbarous adj. savagely cruel, brutal; uncivilized (much as it sounds: barbaric) dissimulation n. deception; disguising or concealing one’s true thoughts, motives, feelings, etc. pullulating adj. swarming, teeming, sprouting with ~ In…
Julie Israel 