Smiley's Tropical Escape

Vonnegut

2008-07-15T01:21:06Z

I came across this article listing Kurt Vonnegut's advice on writing with style while surfing this morning. It seems like good advice and something I think I had forgotten in my own recent attempts at writing; I got so wrapped up in character and...

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Navel Gazing / Writing 2

2008-06-08T04:29:28Z

Last week, I wrote about a book I've been reading: "Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal" by Alexandra Johnson; I mentioned that she placed several writing / journaling exercises at the end of each chapter. I had thought to use some of the exe...

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Navel Gazing / Writing

2008-06-01T11:24:15Z

About a year ago, my mom gave me a book, "Leaving A Trace" by Alexandra Johnson. The book is non-fiction, giving advice and inspiration to aspiring diarists and journal keepers through example and demonstration. It is charmingly written, gentle...

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Orange Sestina

2007-08-04T13:58:34Z

Orange Sestina We used to lie in the dark, the trees heavy with oranges. Out of our houses, through windows we would sneak. The car had to be pushed down the road, stuck in neutral waiting for the right moment to start. Do you remember giggling ...

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Under Glass, Sepia

2007-08-01T12:15:34Z

Under Glass, Sepia Bound in leather, volumes linger on the walls, Scribbled, flooded, and annotated, lining breaks, Lost and confused, Beauty, thought crawls, Try to spare the lash of your tongue; my eyes only take. Our memory locked in silver fr...

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Script Frenzy 2007 Results

2007-06-29T16:27:49Z

Yup. Finished my script tonight. All 20,000 plus words of it. Don't know if it's any good, don't really care. It's done. It can sit in the drawer for a few months until I'm ready to deal with it again. I think I'm ready to go to bed now.

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I've Got An Idea for a Movie

2007-06-01T02:23:51Z

Everything's all set up and ready to go for Script Frenzy. I have my profile up and my project created in Celtx. I even have an idea. Now it's just getting down to tacks and getting it done. So far, I'm off to a good start. Got the opening s...

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300 Words at a Time

2007-03-05T13:17:37Z

Last month I entered the Escape Pod Flash Fiction contest. I didn't win but I thought I'd put my entries up here on Vox, just for the fun of it. Comments are welcome. Anxiety Closet Robert lay in bed, frowning. He kept wondering why he had...

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Submission

2007-02-28T13:00:52Z

Well. I managed to submit four items in the month of February. I know three have been rejected, although the fourth was just sent out tonight, so here's hoping. In the meantime, should anyone need me, I'll be in the corner, hyperventilating.

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VL2F: My Mission Statement

2007-02-18T14:12:42Z

I AM a writer, a photographer, painter, blogger, husband, teacher, persuader, convincer, conniver, coaxer, pusher, junkie, monkey and monkey trainer, and in no particular order. I am working on the zero draft of a mainstream novel called "The Sea...

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