Posted in Writing on May 17th, 2011
I wrote the original version of this story (which was painfully bad) for my college senior project, a collection of short stories. Of the five stories, this one had the most potential, so last year, with help from my critique group, I revised it. Last month, I reread it for the first time in nearly [...]
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Posted in Writing on Mar 22nd, 2011
I would like to categorically deny any and all rumors that I now have an account on Twitter. I would like to. But I can’t. Because, alas, the rumors are true. Yes, yours truly has given in to the gods of marketing and started twittering. Doug informs me the correct verb form is “tweeting.” Twittering. Tweeting. Whatever. [...]
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Posted in Writing on Feb 25th, 2011
On Wednesday, I decided to step out onto the porch and stand in the bitter cold and sunshine for a few minutes. But when I opened the front door, I ran into a wall of boxes. I could barely open the screen far enough to squeeze outside. There were 14 boxes sitting on my porch. [...]
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