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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Shut Up and Write It Already.
Let’s talk about productivity. To start with, stop whatever you’re doing right now. Close the YouTube, shut off the iPod, set down your cell phone. Put that crap down, worm. Listen. Listen well. Change is happening inside you. It’s time … Continue reading
See Which Flavor You Like and I’ll Have It for You
The word counts over the weekend ended up being…minimal, if almost nonexistent. I got some good stuff written earlier in the week, but the weekend writing sessions didn’t really come together, and that’s okay. For now. I did attend the … Continue reading
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Docket Thursdays: Just Watch Me Burn
Firstly, I’m thinking of retiring “Docket Thursdays” from my headlines on Thursdays. I write every Thursday, true, but I also write on weekends. I generally estimate my word counts through the posts of any given week, so why lose precious … Continue reading
My Short Story Is Now Out In The Willows Magazine!
Holy crap today’s a good day. My first short story in print, “Hybridae,” is now out in the September/October issue of the quarterly magazine the Willows. I’ve been privileged to see my name in print many times over my lifetime, … Continue reading
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Tagged cesar torres, fantasy, genre, horror, hybridae, magazine, new weird, science fiction, steampunk
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‘I, I see you fade’
A decent writing day yesterday, adapting to a new keyboard, and though I fussed over installing new software for a while, I got some good writing done. Corvus is proving itself to be a machine of almost fetishistic pleasure. It’s … Continue reading
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Docket Thursdays: Invoking the Queen
Today, a brief entry. I’ve got software loaded in my new machine, nicknamed Corvus — because Aspire One sounds way too dumb — and today’s experiment is to see how Corvus facilitates the 2,000 words I need to write in … Continue reading
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Fear and Wonder in The Hall of Mirrors
Scholars have spent endless amounts of time exploring the imagery and metaphorical implications of Jorge Luis Borges’ use of mirrors in his short stories. He was obsessed by the labyrinth, but also the mirror and its silvery face, its endless … Continue reading
It’s the End of the World/A Writer’s Tools
I get excited whenever I read interviews with authors and they mention their preferred methods of writing. And I mean really excited. Like Scooby with a Scooby Snack. Stephen King switched from word processors to Apple products some time back, … Continue reading
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Tagged nabokov, neil gaiman, netbook
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Book vs. Browser
I’m attending IDEA 2008, and covering the event on Twitter. It’s day two, and I cannot hold back my anticipation for todays’ sessions. This conference touches more on the philosophical side of information architecture, and the use of metaphor and … Continue reading
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Remember Brainiac and Stuff?
Some days I’m more like Clark Kent, others more like Hal Jordan. Sometimes Jessica Drew, and others Ben Grimm. For the next two days I’m Brainiac. I do have this other life, you know, a life that is informed by … Continue reading
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Tagged idea 2008, information architecture, information architecture institute, superman, twitter
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