When Hamlet went back to school, I had the idea that I might be able to get at least a little more writing done during the day. Puck seemed better at entertaining himself than his brother had been, and surely the incredible creative synergy I’ve been experiencing this year meant that I’d be able to [...]
Archive for October, 2008
How I spend my days
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Love and horror
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story didn’t resonate with me as much as his earlier works, namely The Shining and Salem’s Lot, but one thing that stood out was his great affection for his protagonist–not meant to be his wife Tabitha, but certainly based on her and his love for her.
At the time I read the book [...]
Promos for my peeps
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I can never figure out whether to lead with my own stories, or end with them. Psychologically, what does either choice say about me? What if I buried my self-promotion in the middle?
All right anyway. I have a new story, “Going Gandolfini,” at Demolition. Beware readers: it is one of my darkest. If you don’t [...]
Through Google’s lens
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Reading Brian Solis’ “The Socialization of Your Personal Brand,” this jumped out at me:
It’s been said that Google is the new resume. Truth be told, any search engine, whether social or traditional, is the resume – it’s the Wikipedia entry for the rest of us. It’s no longer what we decide to curate onto a [...]
Partner with PACER to end bullying
Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Like many severe introverts, I was bullied in school. My girl-peers picked on everything: my clothes, the way I talked, the way I acted or in some cases, didn’t act. I should have had glasses sometime in third grade, but it took a year for my parents and teacher to find out how bad my [...]
The banned books that changed my life
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week was Banned Books Week. Looking at the list of the top 100 most frequently challenged books between 1990 and 1999 – the years I was in junior high, high school, and college, some of those most formative years – I hadn’t realized how many had been “challenged” that I had read on school lists: Bridge to [...]
