Yet another Write-a-Thon sponsor request: two of the characters in this week’s story are named after our cats (one deceased, one living). The setting is actually an idea I had a while ago–from a dream, natch–and may yet become a…
Wanted: Creative Impulse
Dear Internet: This Saturday is my 38th birthday. I’d like to celebrate by doing another crazy stunt like last year’s “37 Postcards” project, but am currently drawing a blank on what that might be. So I’m asking for your help….
I am an Honorably Mentioned Writer
Hooray! (For those keeping track, this was Post-VPXII Rejection #30.)
SnoutCast #84: “Re: Microsoft Intern Game 2011 (Part 1)”
Checking in with Greg Filpus, Kim Vlcek, Matt VanderKolk, and Nick Fang from MSIG-GC. (Apologies for the audio stutters in the first few minutes; Skype eventually got better.) ALSO: Saturday’s my birthday! I’d like to do another crazy stunt like…
Is it just me?
Or do you also sometimes have trouble telling these two white boys apart? (I can usually tell by looking for the lazy eye or at the head shape.)
Friday Flash Fiction: “Unintended Consequences”
This week’s story includes a character name suggestion from Write-a-Thon sponsor Matt, and was inspired in part by (in no particular order) Freakonomics, Exegesis, WarGames, Google Code Jam, Asimov’s robot stories, and The Consumerist. Read “Unintended Consequences” at 512 Words…
SnoutCast #83: “On the Playing of Roles”
In which Curtis does not know the definition of “pseudo-“, and DeeAnn imparts this and other wisdom as well. [ Download mp3 – 29 MB ] 00:00 – Worst. Teaser. Ever.01:02 – “pseudo-random”02:18 – topic: role-playing games!04:34 – DeeAnn’s three…
Why I Can’t Take IMMORTALS Seriously
Among other things, it’s because every time I see the trailer, with Mickey Rourke as “King Hyperion” in that ridiculous helmet, I see Max from Where the Wild Things are: And really, as we know, all that most would-be despots…
A Note from Our Wireless Phone Company
Either they have inadvertently exposed their involvement in the global Zionist mega-conspiracy, or somebody used the wrong HTML code for their ordered list elements: One of the above explanations may be more likely than the other.
The Name of the Beast (and Friday Flash Fiction)
Last Sunday, as I was writing this week’s 512 story, I casually mentioned on Twitter that I was “researching the difference between the Devil, Satan, and Lucifer.” Lo and behold, @GrammarGirl saw that and said she would be interested in…