Lucille Clifton

by Administrator 3. June 2010 08:51
A few month's ago the beloved poet Lucille Clifton passed. it's not my purpose or place to sum up her career and life. Yet I can add my own thoughts. See, I had it out with Lucille a couple of years back at the Squaw Valley Writer's conference and it was over that word you j... [More]

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On Infinite Jest

by Administrator 12. December 2009 11:04
The following is a continuation of this brief remembrance of David Foster Wallace.  Read it first for context. We were alike in so many ways. Fractured relationships with our fathers, jammed into highly competitive sports at a very young age, both of us with degrees in Philoso... [More]

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The Life of an Artist

by Administrator 29. August 2009 06:32
It's a double life and it's exhausting. It's like working two full time jobs: one you can't stand, the other where you're often too exhausted to do what you love. It's a life of disappointment and discouragement and constant rejection and people who look at you like y... [More]

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The numbers game - Submissions and prizes

by Administrator 9. February 2009 08:05
Submitting your writing to a magazine or a contest is a numbers game.. The theories I'm about to discuss have always held true. And they are true for any genre, screenplays, fiction, poetry, non-fiction. Here we go- Let's say the place you're submitting to received 1000 submissio... [More]

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My Experience with Screenwriting Contests in 2008

by Administrator 28. December 2008 06:01
There are two industries in Hollywood, one that makes movies, the other that makes money off of people who want to make movies. Screenwriting contests are the latter. They all claim that their only goal is helping writers and promise that the finalists or winners will be read by pr... [More]

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David Foster Wallace

by Administrator 28. December 2008 05:18
  David Foster Wallace hung himself a couple of months back. His novel, "Infinite Jest" is considered one of the great literary novels in recent years, as he is considered one of the best fiction writers. I knew David. Not well, but I knew him. We were in the M.F.A. progr... [More]

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