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Illiteration Nation
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Tuesday, January 22, 2013. If this is new to you, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and start with chapter 1. Where I also explain what The Manny Journals are and why I'm posting these chapters! For those of you following along: I'm finally pretty well settled in my new house, and back to working. (Yay! Chapter 4: Just a Few Friends. I glance at the clock: 9:51 pm. She just got home? It’s almost 10:00 on a school night. 8220;Sorry about that&#...
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Illiteration Nation: 5/2/10 - 5/9/10
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Saturday, May 8, 2010. Jose Mendoza: Part III. Two uniformed officers appear. I discuss underwear, lamps, kitchen curtains. They nod and write things down. I give them a little tour, explaining the tape. At first I’m afraid they’ll think I’m nuts. In the end, I think they’re a little impressed with my scotch-tape trap. Do I know who is doing it? I have a suspicion. Guy who lives upstairs. I think his name is Mendoza. Links to this post. Links to this post.
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Illiteration Nation: 6/30/13 - 7/7/13
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Monday, July 1, 2013. White People: You Know Damn Well Why. I am so tired of the faux, feigned, wide-eyed, or alternately enraged, “If they can say n*gga, then why can’t I? 8221; coming out of the mouths of white people. You explain this to your kids (or I hope you do) all the time. Your five-year old says a bad word and defends himself by saying that someone else said it. And I’ll advise: Deal with it. Grow up. I can address my girlfriends as “biy...
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Illiteration Nation
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Monday, February 25, 2013. If this is new to you, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and start with chapter 1. Where I also explain what The Manny Journals are and why I'm posting these chapters! Chapter 5: First Contact. The phone rings five times before Sydney answers. 8221; She sets down the phone and groans. “It’s six in the morning! 8220;Me. Pretty soon at least.”. 8221; I ask, feigning offense. 8220;That’s normal, I think. If it...8220;Yo...
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Illiteration Nation: Time Travel: Then
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Friday, March 6, 2009. I’m telling a secret about myself that will probably interest no one, but here goes: I spend a significant portion of my time (in my head) in time periods other than the one in which I find myself. I do not mean that I obsess over my personal past, or worry extravagantly about the future, mine or in general. I mean that I time travel. Actively, deliberately, for sport. Little House on the Prairie. When he would stop talking for a f...
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Illiteration Nation: Please Do Not Abuse the Ellipses...
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Saturday, March 7, 2009. Please Do Not Abuse the Ellipses. Reading an email written like this.is sort of like watching someone.who has clearly got a good sneeze.coming on.but they just can't quite.get it.out. Have you ever been in that situation? Do you feel the tension? Don't you just wish they would sneeze already? And turn their attention back to the conversation? And we need the tension to stop. It it hurts us.your readers, that is.when you d...We ne...
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Illiteration Nation: 2/24/13 - 3/3/13
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Monday, February 25, 2013. If this is new to you, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and start with chapter 1. Where I also explain what The Manny Journals are and why Im posting these chapters! Chapter 5: First Contact. The phone rings five times before Sydney answers. 8221; She sets down the phone and groans. “It’s six in the morning! 8220;Me. Pretty soon at least.”. 8221; I ask, feigning offense. 8220;That’s normal, I think. If it ...8220;Yo...
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Illiteration Nation
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Friday, August 3, 2012. Should I finish them? This is something of a long story, so I'm going to give the highlights. A couple years ago, a friend and I were co-writing a novel together. We had rather different styles, but complementary skill sets (and um, topic sets, in this context) so we were working together. He bailed, after six chapters, for reasons which aren't really that interesting, so I'll not go into them here. Or is it too derivative? The bl...
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Illiteration Nation: 1/20/13 - 1/27/13
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Tuesday, January 22, 2013. If this is new to you, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and start with chapter 1. Where I also explain what The Manny Journals are and why Im posting these chapters! For those of you following along: Im finally pretty well settled in my new house, and back to working. (Yay! Chapter 4: Just a Few Friends. I glance at the clock: 9:51 pm. She just got home? It’s almost 10:00 on a school night. 8220;Sorry about that...
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Illiteration Nation: A Soviet Dream: What did Stalin's Bathroom Look Like?
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Reporting from the writing and editing frontlines. Tuesday, August 7, 2012. A Soviet Dream: What did Stalin's Bathroom Look Like? A couple weeks ago, I had a wild dream. I wrote it up the next morning then completely forgot about it. A friend just told me about her dream, reminding me of mine. So herewith is the post. In the last couple days, I have:. 1) Edited an article on the Soviet party and state. 2) Read a chunk of Alan Furst’s Mission to Paris. I was walking through a kommunalka. 8221; I asked.
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