Perhaps Justin Taylor and Eva Talmadge should solicit Lady Gaga for their tattoo anthology project?

WONDER LUST MAGAZINE is looking for work.  send fiction and poetry and other stuff to this email address.  it’s run by the bitch ass trick RILEY MICHAEL PARKER.

wonderlustzine@yahoo.com

Zach Dodson and Amelia Gray talk shop over at the Powell’s book blog, about finalizing a book, publishing, monsoons, and $$$. “For a long while Jonathan (my partner in featherproof) was playing the lottery with the sole purpose of funding the press.”

And here’s the trailer for the The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, starring Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell (all playing the same person), Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, etc., etc., directed by Terry Gilliam.

Twice today I’ve thought of Burgess Meredith. Second time was in reference to Time Enough at Last, a Twilight Zone episode about having more books than you can read. First time was something else. If you can guess the circumstances, I will send you a prize package.

I was wondering, when you think about submitting a full-length manuscript to a press, how much do you consider how long they’re going to be around for? If you don’t feel like answering that, at least go watch this very funny .gif (via Very Most Good).

As part of the myriad activities planned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1, the normally staid National Bureau of Statistics is letting its hair down a bit.

The NBS has launched a call for submissions of writings celebrating the PRC’s big birthday as part of campaign called “Statistical Feelings: Together We Go – Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of New China.” The campaign is intended to boost the patriotic feelings and confidence of statisticians in their work, according to the bureau’s Web site.

Writing will ruin your life, don’t do it

have you ever gotten into a routine that required a specific environment/ambience when working on a project?  have you ever tried to only work under certain conditions?  what were the results?  is it best to always change up the environment?  are there any more well-known books that resulted from such an experiment?  i just feel interested in this because sometimes i get into a project and it requires the repetition of almost the exact same room, food, time, cat-petting, and music.  but then, at a certain point, i change it all so i can test the moods in the project.

Anyone know of any good movies in which a labyrinth or series of tunnels figures heavily (such as The Shining or Satyricon, or even, in its own way, Solaris)? Having fucked maze dreams lately and want to extend it into waking life.