If you haven’t been here in a few days, you’ll now notice that jd.com looks different, and a little more significant than the, “Hey, did you get a haircut?” sort of looking different. There are a few reasons for this, the biggest of which was that the other blank theme I used had no ongoing … New Look, Same Mediocre Content
My friend Seth emailed this to me about my last post, about writers not having the outlets for promoting themselves that musicians have: The equivalent for writers playing shows I think is capturing an audience and building a fanbase online even before an author has a book written. That way when you have a book … Music and Writing, Part Two
The other day, and album from the band Evelyn Hope (yes, a band, not a person) came up on our iPod. They were a band started by a former associate of mine, Chris, who owned a recording studio in New Jersey. One of my old bands recorded our demo there, so I got to know … Another Post Mentioning Music and Writing
Moviefone made note last year of the coming invasion of films about coming invasion of aliens. I’ve noticed it, too, and I don’t need to actively watch TV to pick up on the trailers — all I need to hear in the background as I maniacally type away is scary music, military lingo bandied about, … E.T. Is Phoning Home and Ordering a Tactical Nuke Strike on Your School
Today marks the halfway point of my “read the entire Bible” marathon. I’m actually a few days over because I don’t plan on taking the two grace days that act as a break from reading. Why in the world someone would need a day off from something as non-strenuous as reading is beyond me. People … A Most Holy Update
I usually don’t post things like this on here, but my pals in Life In Your Way have reunited. Most of you reading this probably have not heard of them; they are a melodic metalcore band and have been good friends of mine for a while, not to mention they’ve written some of the my … Not About Writing: Life in Your Way Reunites
Via Lew Rockwell’s blog today, Wired ran a great piece on craigslist founder, Craig Newmark. About craigslist’s stripped-down functionality, Gary Wolf writes: Each of these sites, of course, is merely one of the many sections of craigslist, which dominates the market in facilitating face-to-face transactions, whether people are connecting to buy and sell, give something … Throwing Spaghetti at Craigslist
I’ve gotten a few positive emails about the post I did of some favorite writers of mine sucking on the sweet brown lettuce, so I’ve decided to do another bakers’ dozen. This time around it’s not necessarily some personal favorites (though there a few in here), but they are sufficiently qualified in all the other … Another Compendium of Black & White Photos of Smoking Writers
My friend Seth W alerted his twitter followers a little while ago, directing them to this wonderful piece on wired.com written by Patton Oswalt, who played Kevin James’ buddy in King of Queens. I normally don’t like the strain of comedy in sitcoms that don’t go beyond penis jokes and battle of the sexes one-ups, … General Oswalt Patton Just Ran A Tank Over Your Forced Pop Culture References
“If it’s bad art, it’s bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.” -Madeleine L’Engle A few months ago I read an interview with an agent working within the CBA industry. For those not in the know — and I was one of those until very recently — CBA is the “Christian” Booksellers Association*, the … Bad Religion vs. Bad Art vs. Sanitized Art
I had Lead Petersen’s blog in my RSS reader but kind of glossed over the #5MinuteFiction contest, until the other day when I decided to participate. I ended up tying first place with writer Jenn Baker. It was good times and extremely difficult to write a coherent, complete story in 5 (really, 15) minutes. Thanks … 5MinuteFiction Finality