The internet never rests, but I do. I’m taking off the last two weeks of the summer to enjoy the weather, get my son ready for kindergarten and eat ribs.
I will be moderating comments (and chiming in occasionally) so don’t let me hold you back.
In case you’re new here (or need some reminding of all [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘quick’
August 25, 2009
Awesome “Best of” Vacation Post
August 21, 2009
Awesome Weekend Quote
I’m not a big motivational quote guy, but I thought this gem from Buckminster Fuller was too good not to share:
“When I’m working on a problem I never think about beauty. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
Have a fine weekend!
June 15, 2009
Now THIS is a Senior Project
Congratulations to Savannah College of Art and Design senior Bang-yao Liu.
You are one ‘09 grad who has nothing to worry about.
June 11, 2009
My Stepfather’s Wild Incurvation
While doing my monthly ego search (go ahead and make your frequency jokes) I stumbled across the following link:
Download free HEAD CASE: How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying To Understand My Brain
Having never heard of the reputable-sounding 4ebooks.org (my bad) I clicked through and found this delightful marriage of attempted digital piracy and [...]
June 9, 2009
Don’t Be a Pageant Mom
While I understand the sentiment, I’ve always felt that the old writing saw “kill your darlings” suffered from being both overly macho (Ooh, you big bad killer you) and poorly timed (Why not help prevent me from making darlings in the first place?).
Now look at the picture above.
Don’t we all have a story tucked in [...]
June 4, 2009
Call for Questions and New People
1. The DCWYTBMA question hopper is almost empty.
Won’t you help fill it back up?
2. I’m woefully off pace for my goal of helping 100 NEW PEOPLE this year.
Won’t you help me re-empacen myself by referring a friend?
3. The New Yorker has a piece on the creative writing workshop.
Won’t you read it and [...]
May 20, 2009
Back Tuesday Links for You
Taking a short break. In the meantime:
This Is Your Wake-Up Call: 12 Steps to Better Book Publishing by Jonathan Karp, editor-in-chief of the awesome Twelve imprint. If you are interested in writing a book you will want to read this.
Mark Reiter and Richard Sandomir wrote a book called THE FINAL FOUR OF EVERYTHING. To help [...]
May 8, 2009
For Your Week Ends
Wonderful piece in Slate about the history of the Klingon language.
The article is written by author (and friend of DCWYTBMA) Arika Okrent. I had the privilege of seeing pages of her upcoming book IN THE LAND OF INVENTED LANGUAGES and sense big things.
The book has a great hook, fine writing, and facts that astound and [...]
