April 16th, 2010 / 9:00 pm
 Author Spotlight & Random

5 clunks of beer gloss

1. Writing Advice for April: The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

2. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q90_ZjuKgo

3. Who is the best writer to not have a book?

4. Book I could do without.

5. Think how lame it is to send/receive the new sarcasm emoticon being bandied about. “Hey I am adding this emoticon because I think you are concrete. You just can’t go abstract and also you bore me and you talk really loud to boot.”

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23 Comments

  1. April 17th, 2010 / 1:53 am Trey—

      @4 Got through the first sentence of the first answer to the first question and I quit.

  2. April 16th, 2010 / 9:53 pm Trey—

      @4 Got through the first sentence of the first answer to the first question and I quit.

  3. April 17th, 2010 / 1:56 am Trey—

      ok. I thought maybe that wasn’t fair so I went back, but then I got to the part where she talked about choosing stories based on their “Mormon-ness” and *then* I quit.

      dang.

  4. April 16th, 2010 / 9:56 pm Trey—

      ok. I thought maybe that wasn’t fair so I went back, but then I got to the part where she talked about choosing stories based on their “Mormon-ness” and *then* I quit.

      dang.

  5. April 17th, 2010 / 2:09 am Sean—

      She included her own story in the anthology. Trying to model what not to do, folks.

  6. April 16th, 2010 / 10:09 pm Sean—

      She included her own story in the anthology. Trying to model what not to do, folks.

  7. April 17th, 2010 / 2:15 am ce.—

      re: the SarcMark (there was a whole thread devoted to it here, wasn’t there?) “The symbol costs $1.99, which seems a small price to pay for conversational clarity.”

      a smaller price would be to know that there is already a free way to punctuate sarcasm thanks to the British and closed-captioning: (!)

  8. April 16th, 2010 / 10:15 pm ce.—

      re: the SarcMark (there was a whole thread devoted to it here, wasn’t there?) “The symbol costs $1.99, which seems a small price to pay for conversational clarity.”

      a smaller price would be to know that there is already a free way to punctuate sarcasm thanks to the British and closed-captioning: (!)

  9. April 17th, 2010 / 2:16 am Sean—

      Was there a thread? Sorry. I don’t read this site.

  10. April 16th, 2010 / 10:16 pm Sean—

      Was there a thread? Sorry. I don’t read this site.

  11. April 17th, 2010 / 4:35 am Trey—

      If whoever invented this is really that set on the swirly thing, couldn’t they just use the @ symbol?

  12. April 17th, 2010 / 12:35 am Trey—

      If whoever invented this is really that set on the swirly thing, couldn’t they just use the @ symbol?

  13. April 17th, 2010 / 11:38 am Jhon Baker—

      I’m the best writer without a book – at least today.

  14. April 17th, 2010 / 7:38 am Jhon Baker—

      I’m the best writer without a book – at least today.

  15. April 17th, 2010 / 4:23 pm jd—

      Great video. Is that dario argenta?

  16. April 17th, 2010 / 12:23 pm jd—

      Great video. Is that dario argenta?

  17. April 17th, 2010 / 5:50 pm voorface—

      No, Robbe-Grillet.

  18. April 17th, 2010 / 1:50 pm voorface—

      No, Robbe-Grillet.

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  22. April 19th, 2010 / 3:21 am KevinS—

      Ric Ocasek–best writer w/o a book.

  23. April 18th, 2010 / 11:21 pm KevinS—

      Ric Ocasek–best writer w/o a book.