At the recent &Now Conference in Buffalo, NY, I sat on a panel about collaborative projects with John Dermot Woods,…
Ghost Writers in the Sky
According to Wikipedia: Two of John F. Kennedy’s books were almost entirely ghostwritten. Former President Ronald Reagan also released a…
Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions
I heard about this book in a lecture given by Oliver Sacks about hallucinations: Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions;…
Contests, Cartoons
I’d like to address some of the issues regarding contests that Sean raised yesterday—once again, through the lens of cartoons and…
genius
What are your conceptions of genius? What fairy tales and mythologies do you associate with the word?
Break Every Rule, Part 1
Carole Maso’s Break Every Rule is a quiet, elegant book of essays. Every sentence here is a gem. Remember that…
Why Enter a Contest?
Why would anyone enter an artistic contest? For me: 1.) Cash. I was paid a $1000 for a story a…
Smart people
But there’s the thing, yeah?, as writers, we do value intelligence. We value smartness productivity publishing reading writing etc etc etc. Do you value it more than “kindness” or “caring”? What’s important in a friend/partner to you?
Plankton’s “Fashionable Grocery List”: SpongeBob SquarePants & Poetic Innovation
In the Season Four SpongeBob episode “Fear of a Krabby Patty” (which was coincidentally nominated for a 2005 Emmy for…
What Do You Listen to While You Write/Read?
For me, nothing beats complete silence while writing or reading. I used to be able to listen to music, any…