Monthly Archives: July 2012

Zombies, Star Wars, and Fairy Tales, or How Not All of Us Can Write Proper Poems Like Shakespeare . . .

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Question: What is a prose poem? Answer: A poem that is formatted in one or many blocks of text (like prose) instead of broken up in lines and stanzas. Questions: What separates prose poetry from flash fiction? Answer: . . … Continue reading →

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Clarion West 2012

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

So, I just got back yesterday from an intensive six-week writing workshop called Clarion West. I never talked much about Clarion West prior to going — I think I was afraid of jinxing it and having my invitation revoked at … Continue reading →

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The Best Survey Ever (Until I Come Up With a New One) . . .

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

I cannot begin to tell you what an amazing experience Clarion West has been for me. (Actually, I can and will, but not right now, twenty minutes before class.) However, it hasn’t exactly left me a lot of time for … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon-Ish: Oz, Phone Sex, and Alex Cross . . .

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

Oz The Great and Powerful I’m torn on this one. The filming all looks pretty great . . . except for that last shot with the green hand that I’m assuming is supposed to be the Wicked Witch of the … Continue reading →

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Ten More Quotes Revealed . . .

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

All right, folks. Here are your movies: 1. “Oh Jesus. Don’t do that, honey. You don’t want to see Mommy lying in a cigar box covered in licorice.” Poltergeist The one horror movie that didn’t scare me as a child, … Continue reading →

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Ten More Quotes . . .

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

Someday, I will tire of movie quotes challenges. But not today. I have ten movie quotes for you to look at. If you know where they’re from, go ahead and leave a comment below. I should probably have the answers … Continue reading →

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Because What We Need Today, Clearly, Is A Little Gary Busey!

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

One of my genius ideas for “how to keep my blog going while I’m crazy busy at Clarion West” was having other people do my work for me. In that regard, I asked my sister, Mekaela, to watch a little … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon-Ish: Robots, Remakes, and FLYING EYEBALLS!

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

Robot and Frank I’m posting this because it looks kind of awesome, although it does seem like the trailer tells you a lot more than it should. (Damn you, trailers, for doing that.)  Still, this could be a lot of … Continue reading →

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