I know I have nothing to say. That’s a line from something by either King Missile or John S. Hall. It’s also on a t-shirt that Lindsay made for me which is awesome. Sometimes I get ideas that I think would be good things to write about, but then I forget them. Those ideas never make there way here. Because I forgot …
Category Archives: Writing
Writer’s Block
I found this wine at J. Webb Market. It has a picture of Shakespeare on the front and a long and eloquent quote on the back extolling the values of good wine and going on at length about the horrors of the affliction known as “Writer’s Block” It’s quite a tasty syrah, lighter bodied than I am accustomed, but not …
So, what’s new?
Things change, though not always drastically. The accumulation of small changes eventually develop into a major change though. I still work for a local Tech Support company, as I have for a little over two years. When I first started, my only computer knowledge was some basics about Linux, minor troubleshooting of Windows systems, and what Mac OS looked like. Now, …
Books?
So apparently there exists people who are proud of the fact that they don’t read. I have difficulty understanding something like this because so much of human culture is tied up in our literature. There are people who hear the words “Big Brother” and think of a crappy television show rather than George Orwell’s 1984 AMZN. Reading …
Creative Outlining.
I) Introduction a) Meet paul at home b) Meet Sally at home c) Paul and Sally meet d) Paul and Sally decide to have an adventure meeting friends along the way e) Minor drama amongst the group ensues f) The group overcomes difficulty to become a stronger unit. II) Climax a) Paul and sally get into …
Writing is hard.
Sometimes you can spend an entire morning staring blankly at a page, unable for force out even the most bare of syllables. Try as you might, you cannot find the will to write. Sometimes you feel like quitting, other times you do quit. Mostly though, you sit and stare. The blank page is hateful, cruel, and …
Over/Under
Whelmed. I like that word but I find it strange that the common Internet definitions of it often include “Overwhelmed” as a definition. That is questionable to me. In fact, I am underwhelmed with any positive emotions by that lazy definition. See how that works? If I am underwhelmed, then I have not yet reached a state of whelmedness, and if I am overwhelmed, …
It’s aliiiiiive!
I’ll probably write a bit more tomorrow. Today I received a gentle reminder that I like to do this. So this is what I’ll do. Lindsay and I went for a walk today, it was nice. Now that my gout has subsided to negligible levels I can walk without any serious pain. I’ve started walking to work. It’s good exercise, but not a lot …
Plagiarist
Lindsay has been doing a lot of reading lately about plagiarism. It’s a serious concern for artists I would imagine. Perhaps my views on software piracy relate here, people justify software theft by saying that it’s just 1’s and 0’s on the Internet. Well a book is just ink stains on paper, should I be allowed to scan a best selling …
Books I should be reading.
I have a pile of books that have been accumulating for a while now. I’ve read a small part of each of them and I want to finish them, but I’m having difficulty choosing a starting point. (Actually, I just made the decision now on which I will read first, but I’m still lost for number two…) Seven Steps on the Writer’s Path: …