I went downstairs to fix a cup of coffee. I needed a break from the word processor; the flow of words had come to a careening halt. My grandmother was watching television. I heard the voice of Mo Rocca. She was watching CBS Sunday Morning. He was talking about Grover’s Corners. “Grover’s Corners,” I thought.Continue reading “On Literary Confusion”
Category Archives: Writing
On the Way I Write
Ah, the silence. I’ve not forgotten about you all, promise. I’ve just been busy. Writing. Watching Monsterpiece Theater. Listening to old Natalie Merchant albums. Writing. But mainly writing. I can tell you that I’ve been putting together some interesting words, building interesting sentences from them, and the resulting idea structures are cool to look at.Continue reading “On the Way I Write”
On Things I’ve Discovered While Writing Today
In no particular order… Mountaineering is an apt and interesting metaphor for life John Nathan-Turner is eminently quotable in virtually any circumstance I really like listening to The Seventeenth Century at this particular point in time Politics influences everything Sometimes, when I have a really good idea, I just have to scribble a few thoughts,Continue reading “On Things I’ve Discovered While Writing Today”
On Cinematic Insights
Ever have a moment of pure epiphany? A moment where, suddenly and without warning, you’ve thunk a thought that has never been thinked before? (Yes, I’ve had Dr. Seuss on my mind recently. Just let that go for a moment.) I had one of those moments today. It’s all to do with a movie, oneContinue reading “On Cinematic Insights”
On Uninspiring Writing
I wrote this morning some dire prose. Dire it is. Honestly. Genuinely. Absolutely dire. I was on the train, I was bored, and I had my notepad with me. I had absolutely no thoughts in my mind at all. I decided I would write down words as they came to me. The sentence that emerged…Continue reading “On Uninspiring Writing”
On Messages to the Past
Last week at work I was given the latest issue of Titan’s Torchwood magazine. It sat on my desk, and yesterday evening I shoved it into my BPRD bag on my way out of the office, for something to read on the commute home. Flipping through the magazine, I read about a book called DearContinue reading “On Messages to the Past”
On Snowy Day Coding
There’s a new version of WordPress out today, and I’ll probably download it and upgrade this weekend. After the experience of moving to WordPress 2.8 — which wasn’t pleasant — I’m a little cautious. The main issue with that upgrade — the WordPress memory bloat — was resolved in one of the bugfix releases. It’sContinue reading “On Snowy Day Coding”
On the Week’s Writing
The writing I’ve done this week? I like it. That’s a rare and wonderful thing. And perhaps, to you, a surprising thing, as I am always writing something, if not for myself then for work. I produce words routinely without a second thought. Except for when I don’t. It doesn’t happen all that often thatContinue reading “On the Week’s Writing”
On the View at Wednesday
Let’s see how long this post grows to be; I’m not sure I have two brain cells left to rub together. I’ll put it this way. I broke five figures on word count at work today. My head doesn’t just feel like mush. I felt the hamsters inside my head running on their wheels, theContinue reading “On the View at Wednesday”
On Musical Musings
Recently, I’ve been listening to some Celtic rock and Celtic punk bands. Not because I felt an overwhelming need, a musical itch I had to scratch, much like my recent compulsion to listen to Radiohead’s OK Computer, a compulsion that burned itself out after two days. Rather, it’s for research purposes. Part of “THOD” revolvesContinue reading “On Musical Musings”