Monthly Archives: June 2010

Best Tweet ever

Posted on June 18, 2010 by

On my desk is a wooden pen holder which holds no pens. I keep it there because of the shape it’s carved into: “WRITE.” I’m going to print out my new all-time favorite Tweet, from Roger Ebert tonight, onto a … Continue reading →

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Far more than 1,000 words

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

More than any other I’ve seen from the Gulf, this photo from the Guardian captures for me the magnitude of the disaster BP has wrought. It’s not just the random oil-soaked pelicans or the dead crabs on the beaches or … Continue reading →

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On living in an alternate reality

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Writing fiction is such a strange process. I’ve read plenty of articles and books about writing fiction by fiction writers. They almost all talk about that moment when you’re writing when your characters take over the story from you and … Continue reading →

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OK, maybe just one more cool app before I get back to work

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

When my iPad came, my friend Dianna said, “And we’ll never hear from her again.” (She has one, too, so she knows.) I keep meaning not to check the App Store or Engadget or TUAW to see if there are … Continue reading →

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