Failing again. Failing better.
Sorry for the extremely late post today. I had a lunch meeting with my editor; I conducted an interview for an upcoming article, and most importantly, I crossed the 50,000-word barrier! My first NaNoWriMo, and I won! I’ll write a post later about lessons learned, but for now, I’m celebrating with some dinner, some bourbon,…
I hope my American readers have a lovely Thanksgiving, and I hope my non-American readers had a lovely Thursday. My wife and I stayed in town and went to an Indian restaurant Thursday evening (Because there aren’t any Pilgrim restaurants, I joked…lamely). I know it sounds strange, but 1) the restaurant is delicious and 2)…
So on top of NaNoWriMo, I’m trying to get the bathroom renovations completed, get the dog groomed, and get all my Thanksgiving Day goodies together. It’s a busy day here, so instead of me trying to throw something together rather half-assedly, how about you go read The Oatmeal’s take on Thanksgiving (WARNING: NSFW LANGUAGE). May…
If you’re not reading the webcomic The Oatmeal, you’re missing out. Not only is the comic’s creator Matthew Inman very creative and clever, but his comic has an aesthetic unlike any other. Yesterday, he published a comic titled “Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web.” It’s a bit longer than most of…
The first is a poster-version of a quote from an Ira Glass video: The second is a list of 25 Motivational Thoughts for writers by author Chuck Wendig. They are really good, but some of them have NSFW elements. I kept these things short and quick so you can get a quick shot of motivation.…