You go away with the stated intention of getting “recharged” and that’s just what you do. You get recharged. Recharging involves UNcharging in many ways, unplugging and finding a place off the grid so that all you do is read (and read and read – a bunch of my reviews of stuff I read is […]
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And Yet Another Installment in the March of the Novel (or Slow Cooking is the Best Cooking)
The slow (but steady) march toward publishing, as inexorable as a stream finding the ocean, forward. Editing. Done. Copy Editing. Done. First two rounds of drafts for the covers. Yes. (this is going to be a good looking book, I can tell you that, this is the designer’s website) And then there’s more waiting. Holy […]
Great Pop Culture Bridges (another ArjunBasuList™)
Being someone who writes stuff I appreciate the metaphorical power of bridges. I get the whole connecting thing. I’m not alone, of course. Far from it. Very very far. Perhaps too far. See where I’m going with this? Here are the top 5 pop culture bridge references. Well 6. Because 5 is a tie. 5 […]
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Another Instalment in the March of the Novel
Since we last spoke. Or I wrote and you read. Or, man, what is the correct nomenclature here? I went through edits with my editor. Twice. The second one took less than a few hours. This process started with a breathtakingly lovely letter from her. And it ended with me pressing “send” a few weeks […]
Rejected Names for Canada (another ArjunBasuList™)
Pepe Le Pew Snowdon Bunchanothing Calis!tan BeaverCastor CastorBeaver Goose Droppings Canadian Tire Quebec Nordiques Sorryda
Questions One Should Never Ask
Does it get any bigger? Do you have this in flax? Are those pants? Why is it moving? Which one is the dog’s toothbrush? Do you want to see my extra nostril? What do you mean what do you mean? Does your mom know? When will you shut […]
The March of the Novel
It is almost done. The editing part. I received what has to be one of the best letters ever from any editor anywhere. And then I read the manuscript, which was odd – I haven’t read it in over a year. I went through my editor’s comments. We Skyped (she’s based in Brooklyn). And then, […]
T-SHIRT SLOGANS THAT ALWAYS GET REJECTED
I met a girl from Kalamazoo Fuck the rainforest My other t-shirt is a bowl of ramen You have hills. I have mountains. It’s not breakfast if you don’t stop eating! They don’t call me Godzilla for nothing I make a great second impression We pulled the goalie […]
This is the Best and Most Informative Book About Farting and Everything To Do With Farting Ever Published
Your lexicon will be greatly improved upon reading this. You will learn of “mylar pantaloons” and “odor judges” and reverse engineering a fart. Or “flatus.” Why Bismuth pills are good. Why hydrogen sulfide is bad. And about the “archbishop of roughage.” Yes. I’m going to purchase the book. Of course I am. This is exactly […]
