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600 Words You’ll Never, Ever Read

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In the past few days, I’ve written two complete blog posts that I didn’t publish. The first was so insidiously tone deaf Continue reading →

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in creative writing journal, Writing | 2 March 2017 | 172 Words | 1 Comment

On Writing — Found in an Old Notebook

Its difficult to be creative on the left page.

09 September 2015

Re-reading “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott has been very enjoyable. It’s amazing how Continue reading →

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in creative writing journal, Writing | 10 February 2017 | 129 Words | Comment

Comic Book Writer’s Shack

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A couple of Fridays ago, my regular writers’ group was canceled, which gave me an opportunity to crash my friend Billy’s comic book writers’ group. Continue reading →

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in creative writing journal, Writing | 6 February 2017 | 2 Comments

The Fine Art and Profitability of Flittering.

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To reach my favorite carrel in the world, I walk past the library’s music collection. One day, I saw this CD, The Bird & The Rifle by Lori McKenna. I never heard of her, but I tried it out based on the cover artwork alone.

Turns out she’s a Continue reading →

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in creative writing journal, Writing | 28 January 2017 | 152 Words | 1 Webmention | Comment

The whole animal (what I’ve gained from blogging).

Whole Animal

I have a phobia—self-diagnosed, but I’m almost flawless at that kind of stuff—about putting my writing into the world, which may strike you as odd, a guy who makes good money writing for a living being shy about his work. Continue reading →

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in creative writing journal, Writing | 25 January 2017 | 185 Words | 5 Comments

Great meeting! There’s Mr. Pita in the break room.

Great Meeting!

The above is a page of my notes from a meeting that took place nearly twelve years ago. We worked many weekends on that campaign. Suntory times!

If you want to know what it’s like to work in an advertising agency on a big-time pitch, Continue reading →

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in creative writing journal, Writing | 23 January 2017 | 154 Words | 2 Comments

Working From the Library

The library is full of weirdos. I saw a guy check all the vending machine coin returns for change. Only a crazy person thinks Continue reading →

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in creative writing journal, Writing | 16 December 2016 | 114 Words | 1 Webmention | Comment

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