I haven’t been reading a ton lately, but I’ve finished a few books I’d like to talk about. 1. The Repossession Mambo, by Eric Garcia. I really enjoyed the film based on this book. I’m not normally a fan of stylized viscera but something about Jude Law can really change a girl’s mind. The book [...]
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20 Dec
So Many Books…Only Two Eyes
Most of my friends have a stack of books somewhere, unread, full of interesting things, waiting to be cracked. I am notorious for this now that I have discovered a half price bookstore mere minutes from my home. Everything’s half off! Or used! Why not spend $15 and get five books? The problem [...]
16 Oct
Baaad English Major
Everybody knows that English major type who can quote famous authors verbatim. At the end of the night your buddy, who has been drunkenly hitting on all the women at the party and bragging about his novel that’s about to be published, turns to the crowd and charmingly slurs, “If we shadows have offended, [...]
7 May
100 Words #5: Reading List and Inspiration
As a writer, you have to fill your muse tank. If you keep pouring out your creativity and inspiration onto the page, you won’t have much to draw from. I don’t think we all have a mystical well of inspiration in the backyard. (IF you do, can you please invite me to see it?) You have to [...]
5 May
100 Words: #5 – Writing
Yesterday, I bought some writing stuff. (I get to write off the writing stuff on my taxes next year, which I think is kind of cool, since it’s technically a business for me.) I bought Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way” workbook, a blank journal, and good ol’ Strunk & White. I love new notebooks. They [...]
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