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The Most Beautiful Shade of Red Tape
I made it to the David Foster Wallace papers. When you walk into the Harry Ransom Center, they have a Gutenberg Bible, which gave me high hopes. Then they have a bunch of bronze busts of writers. One...
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Why Paula Deen Supports My Opera (+ DFW Update)
Update on the Wallace Papers: I have received permission from the Ransom Center to quote. Now I’m waiting on permission from the copyright holder, the contact for whom happens to be Wallace’s former...
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My Findings at the David Foster Wallace Archives–
A.K.A.: A Case Study in the Habits of a Highly Effective Thinker (who also had a profoundly tragic life, and thus shame on you if you only see it as an opportunity for self-betterment) Photo Source:...
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An Image Wordsworth Couldn’t Fathom
Please consider my guest post on Beyond the GOP. I use a personal anecdote and a few lines from “Tintern Abbey” to give one of those “critique because I care” critiques on something that’s been burning...
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The One Fault in David Foster Wallace’s Humanism
I’m happy to see a buzz-resurgence in Wallace’s “This is Water” speech with the new, nine-minute short film adaptation. It’s not to my taste personally, but I’m in favor of anything that gets people...
View ArticleA Lot of Sit-ups: Two Helpful Editing Anecdotes
Hi again. Hope all’s well. The past few months have been good. I didn’t blog because I had a tedious goal: line-by-line edit of the novel. I switched scenes, revised the ending. This draft was about...
View ArticleGood mojo: New Story Acceptance
I am very honored to announce that I have a story coming out in issue 5 of mojo. This is a particular honor for me because it’s the first journal to accept me that is affiliated with an MFA program,...
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Novel Drafts: The Buffet Theory
I described elsewhere my belief in being a “five-draft man” when it comes to novel writing for the sake of maintaining sanity and instilling editorial authenticity. A little more thought on that...
View ArticleSomething About the Nature of Knowledge
Medical Student Syndrome is an apophenic psychological condition where medical students, upon first learning about the symptoms of diseases, falsely diagnose themselves with these diseases. Q. If you...
View ArticleThe Story Behind the Story: “Chance of a Biggie”
Check out issue five of mojo – what an honor to be alongside the other writers in there. In particular I like how Meagan Cass gets in the mind of the first victim of Jaws: I hope you enjoy it. The...
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