Papers, dead pens, old chinese food containers, empty coffee cups, that one award you received that time for doing something literary: I think I’ve seen your writing room, and it ain’t pretty. Sure, you clean it from time to time, when your procrastinating the next chapter. So why not take the day off, and head to one … [Read more…]
Twain walking around his Stormfield, Connecticut house in 1909. Shot by the one, the only, Thomas Edison. “…it is the most out of the world and peaceful and tranquil and in every way satisfactory home I have had experience of in my life.” “I was never in this beautiful region until yesterday evening. Miss Lyon … [Read more…]
In the age of “baby, baby, baby,” when our airwaves ooze the saccharine uselessness of cliched love songs and the machismo vulgarity of mainstream hip hop and modern rock and roll, it is easy to give up on music writing as a form of art. But a frank look at history proves two things: (1) … [Read more…]
Who among us has not heard this pronouncement? “Short stories are great and all, but there’s no money in them.” The curiosity about markets: markets change. There was a long, long period in human history where there was no market for a 300 page book — a novel, if you will — because the middle … [Read more…]
A bit of humor for your week: John Cowan has built a list of 1,000+ “Essentialist Explanations” on various languages. If you’re a language buff it’s worth checking out. Here are a few to get you started. English is essentially a language that uses vowels no other language would accept. -Luís Henrique English is essentially … [Read more…]