February 2012
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“Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of...”
– Democratic women in GA seek a state ban on vasectomies.
This is an actual bill they are proposing to point out the wrongness of the constant stream of abortion restrictions and bans being proposed. Mostly it highlights the hypocrisy of forcing restrictions on women “for the babeez” but not doing...
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Knights of Shame by AWOLNATION
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Henry Miller on Writing
COMMANDMENTS
Work on one thing at a time until finished.
Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.”
Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.
Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time!
When you can’t create you can work.
Cement a little every day, rather than add new...
Reading a book really is better the second time... →
vintageanchor:
Second read-through is ‘more emotional’
Can offer mental health benefits, say researchers
Same effect applies to watching films or holidaying in familiar places
Reading a favourite book for a second time often feels like a different experience - now scientists say that it actually IS different.
The habit of watching films or reading books multiple times encourages people to...
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“Introversion — along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness — is...”
– Susan Cain in Quiet, one of 7 great books by TED 2012 speakers. (via curiositycounts)
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“Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who...”
– Eternal Father, hymn associated with the US Navy and Marines
"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to...
“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple...”
– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via bookmania)
Bring the pain...
me: ...and then i forgot the next thing i needed to do
peteditor: go home?
peteditor: quit?
peteditor: or maybe that's just me
me: have i ever told you i sometimes find your helpfulness slightly disturbing?
peteditor: only slightly?
peteditor: damnit
peteditor: i'm not trying hard enough
me: look at me
me: you'd have to try A LOT harder
me: you've heard stories of my family
peteditor: one of these days, boy
me: XD
peteditor: that's a promise
me: i feel there will come a day i will have to explain to someone why i have a black eye
me: and you will be that explanation
peteditor: oh, baby...if you think it's gonna be just a black eye, you are so woefully misinformed i actually feel a little bad
“You are always ticking inside of me and I dream of you more often than I don’t....”
– Sierra DeMulder, Unrequited Love Poem (via sealfeathers)
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“Standing next to my old friend I sense that his soldiers have retreated.
And...”
– The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, by Marie Howe
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Top 10 made-up literary couples. →
youknowyourealitnerdwhen:
I love the Jo March and Atticus Finch one! And Aragorn and Katniss Everdeen! And and and… :o
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“So much has passed under my keel in one short year.”
– Steven Callahan, Adrift: 76 Days at Sea
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Someone walked off with my red pen over the weekend. This means war.
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“I wish I could describe the feeling of being at sea, the anguish, the...”
– Steven Callahan, “Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea
“Paper books may be the only media remaining that don’t report your behavior back...”
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WHERE I WRITE #21: On the Edge of Sky and Sea →
by: April Xiong
“I love the freedom that comes with being alone. I love having time to savor. Life can be such a big rush, and I have such a slow heartbeat. When I am alone I move as slowly as I want to. I guess it’s no wonder that sometimes I feel like there’s no one else on this earth but me. No wonder that sometimes I feel so lonely I have to shut my eyes like a door to which I’ve lost...
January 2012
49 posts
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What Demographic Google Thinks You Belong To →
In which Google thinks I’m a 25-30 year old female with an interest in games, books, and scifi/fantasy on my work account…and an 18-24 year old male with an interest in baked goods and wrestling on my personal account.
Seems legit.
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25 Things Writers Should Start Doing (ASAFP) →
by Chuck Wendig
Poetry? Yes, poetry. I know. I see that look you’re giving me. “What’s next, Wendig?” you ask. “We all hold hands and dance around the maypole in our frilly blouses and Wonder Woman underoos?” YES EXACTLY. I mean — uhh, what? No. Ahem. All I’m saying is, all writing deserves a touch — just a tickle — of poetry. And do not conflate “poetry” with “purple prose” — such bloated...
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25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing (Right Fucking... →
by Chuck Wendig
1. Stop Running Away
Right here is your story. Your manuscript. Your career. So why the fuck are you running in the other direction? Your writing will never chase you — you need to chase your writing. If it’s what you want, then pursue it. This isn’t just true of your overall writing career, either. It’s true of individual components. You want one thing but then constantly work...
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Also, "Whilst"? Are you serious?
me: SHIT
There are footnotes missing.
They’re in the original document,
but not in my copy.
wtf
Wearebadluck: You love being an editor.
Being an editor is your calling.
You will make those words and letters obey.
You will get them in line.
me: Current Status:
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What a Copyeditor Can Do →
“My copyeditor got in touch and she said my book was ‘astonishing’. I loved her immediately. She said she was sending over the queries, and that there ‘weren’t many’. There were, in fact, 10 pages of them. 175 in total. And these were just the queries – obvious typos and missing punctuation had already been corrected without bothering me.
The copyedit was much more than ‘just’ about...
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How is it only Wednesday?
Me: It's not even 11am and I'm already eaten a Snickers bar.
I have no regrets.
Kat: For some reason I imagined that scene ending in a dimly lit interrogation room, you with your heals up on the table, and a cigarette in hand. You deliver your line ("I have no regrets") in a blase/I don't give a shit way before looking off into the distance and taking a puff of your cigarette.
Fade to black.
Me: I'm such a badass
Kat: Word.
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WatchThis is how my cat gets his kicks.
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Hierarchy of Book Publishing
paulbogaards:
Hierarchy of Book Publishing The Top 100 (circa 2012)
1). Brand-name authors (still)
Stephen King (since 1974)
John Grisham (1989)
Patricia Cornwell (1990)
Jodi Picoult (1992)
Nicholas Sparks (1996)
Jennifer Weiner (2001)
Etc.
2). Self-published authors with proven track (developing)
J.A. Konrath (since 2004)
John Locke (2009)
Amanda Hocking (2010)
Brittany Geragotelis...
YEARS →
shonagon-chan:
A record player that plays slices of wood. Year ring data is translated into music, 2011.
A tree’s year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music. It is mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appearance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and from strong...
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“Jane” by Adam WarRock →
“I rapped about Jane Austen over the “Moves Like Jagger” beat. No seriously.”
Welcome to Monday morning, folks.
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Transformation and Transcendence: The Power of... →
“Oh, but the times have changed; the world has changed. Has it? Is the old-fashioned story I was living in my early 20s so far-fetched in our “enlightened” world? Recently I overheard a man say at a yoga class, “Yeah, well, you get two women together and it’s like bitch central.” I could have told him he only needed one, in fact, and that would be me, but it also made me realize how much...
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be...”
– C.S. Lewis (via doubledaybooks)