Monthly Archives: September 2009

Has the world gone mad?

Lately, I’m starting to wonder if, indeed, the world has gone mad. Roman Polanski was finally arrested, after being on the run for my entire lifespan. I wrote a blog about it, over at Black Heart, entitled What the hell is “rape-rape”?, after reading a bizarro comment from Whoopi Goldberg. And, truly, is it just

How to be an Indy(ish) artist

I’ve been aware of the fun-loving work of the Indyish collective for a few years now, and at one point I even performed at their Monthly Mess event—a kind of mash-up of artistic genres, open to all independent artists. Lately their website has been really shaping up as a hub for all things indie (and

Don Draper vs Anaïs Nin on blogging, transparency and trust

Blogging has always been fun for me, but I’ve never given it much serious thought. I have always been the type to throw down a few words, and then unleash them on the Internet. This style offers great things in the way of instantaneous feedback as well as blowing off steam, but can definitely go

How to get published

How do you get published? How do you get people to pay you money for your writing? These are questions I hear a lot from writers who are new to the game and want to get in it. And I would love to help you new writers, because I’m a nice person who likes to