writing

The content is worth reading but the writing (by a University of Illinois grad student) is absolutely first-rate. It's so good, that I started re-reading the article, just to look for errors!

From the webzine: The Ethicurean

Quoted: (...) I truly believe that humane slaughter is important and possible, but, as I have been learning, here’s the truth about any slaughter: it is both morally difficult and really gross. (...) With a public unwilling to acknowledge the living nature of their food source, the meat industry has been free to institute practices that no compassionate person can countenance.

This will be my next book club submission! Local, some Dutch flavor ... woohoo!

Quoted: The former reporter and Olympia resident sets his books in small towns in Western Washington, creating indelible characters with rare abilities to see hidden things

"Tom Wolfe Got It Right"
Commentary on Wolfe's "My Three Stooges".
The fucked-up thing is that the Fort Bragg novella that immediately follows Wolfe's amazing essay, supposedly underlining the principles of literary realism, is one of the most unreadable pieces of crap ever written...
The moral of the story is: It's easier to edit and critique than to write fiction.
But Sheets is great: a pissed-off, right-wing, unpublished academic dyke writer who wants to shoot someone! You go gurl!

This was a great idea from a blogger I thought I'd pass along to challenge you all with.

Can you write a six-word story? Post them as a comment to my Dot.

Quoted: Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, personally felt to be his best prose ever, was "For sale: baby shoes, never used." Some people say it was to settle a bar bet. Others say it was a personal challenge directed at other famous authors.

National Novel Writing Month (50k words in 30 days)

Jovencio makes lovely handbound journals on etsy. I may pick one up for my trip this month...

Fantastic article by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker.

Quoted: Why do we equate genius with precocity?

I like this.

Quoted: Creative Writing Prompts collection of writing prompts and story starters for writers. Come up with creative content for blogs and blog stories with the help of these creative writing ideas.