Sinister
Blog URL http://www.sinisterblog.com
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Left handed news, commentary, snark, and righteous outrage from the magical kingdom of PDX.
Latest Blog Posts
- Quote and video for today on Nov 17, 2009 in Science
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. --Carl SaganIn honor of the space shuttle lifting off.Passed 27,000 words last night. Still on track.
- I've often felt like this on a Sunday. on Nov 16, 2009 in Douglas Adams Nano
"In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness that starts to set in about 2:55, when you know you’ve taken all the baths that you can usefully take that day, that however hard you stare at any given...
- 20,050 on Nov 9, 2009 in Nano
words and still going strong. The only trouble I'm having is that I think I might be telling my story too quickly. I'm going to have to go back and add some bulk into the plot before I get to this point in the story, but that's fine. I don't know t...
- Nano update on Nov 3, 2009 in Nano
I've got 7282 words now - this story is racing out of my head faster than a metaphor I can't think of right now because all of my words are being sucked out of my head by this novel. I won't be posting it here - this is something I want to get publi...
- And it begins. on Nov 1, 2009
National Novel Writing Month. Current word count: 1942.Taking a break. Hoping for at least 3000 words today.
- Poem for Today on Oct 27, 2009 in Kerouac Poetry
Bowery Bluesby Jack Kerouac The story of manMakes me sickInside, outside,I don't know whySomething so conditionalAnd all talkShould hurt me so.I am hurtI am scaredI want to liveI...
- Regarding "Ark Ship" on Oct 19, 2009 in ark ship Nano science fiction
I'm rewriting it from scratch (both because it needs it and because doing so will be good prep for Nano). Going back through it, it's pretty clear that much of the story suffers from a dry narrative structure and lack of descriptive language. Still...
