May 2008
The Archives
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05.30.08marta haikuThe next station is midtown: exit for your small upstairs apartment.
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05.28.08ira glass on storytellingWhile I loathe blogs that are random-video-heavy, I loved this clip from This American Life's Ira Glass. His advice is to people making YouTube videos, but it is relevant for everyone trying to create in any medium.
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05.27.08hilltopI sat behind the wheel of my small two-door Toyota. My friend sat in the passenger seat and we looked out over the small college town where we both went to school. She had grown up in the town and when I wrote to her over IM asking if she had time to talk, she suggested we drive up to a high-ish hill that she and her friends from high school had been before. Recently, a large outdoor sports store had been built at the top and we pulled into a parking space that allowed us to look out on ...
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05.23.08screen on the green 2008Screen on the Green has been moved to Centennial Olympic Park this year and has the following line-up: May 29: Jaws June 5: Big Momma's House (...really?) June 12: Chicago June 19: ET June 26: Footloose I'm in for Jaws, definitely, but the rest I could take or leave, but hey, JAWS!
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05.21.08page 1I brushed the lock of hair out of my eyes for the millionth time as I stared at the blank Word document. It was a novel this time, something edgy and raw, something that would be shocking in its honesty and its realism. I set the scene and threw in descriptors. I revealed enough in the opening lines to set the stage, but not too much. A good story only told you what you needed to know. Nothing more, nothing less. I finished writing the first page and hit save. I named the file "novel attempt number 445246.doc". It was an ...