Monthly Archives: October 2009

Moving beyond the bedroom

I’ve been thinking about applying for an MFA program, lately, as it would afford me time to write a real novel. Not just a 30-day NaNoWriMo marathon novel, which is all about quantity over quality, but a real, honest-to-goodness time-consuming, thoughtfully-penned novel. That, quite frankly, is both exhilarating and totally terrifying. Part of the terrifying

WordPress update haiku

In case you haven’t noticed yet, there’s a new version of WordPress available. Upgrade your website now to avoid falling prey to obnoxious hackers! Here’s a haiku to remind you. I call it “Be alert; the world needs more lerts”: Obnoxious hackers in yr base killing yr d00dz, ruining yr site Srsly.

Personal privacy and literary executors

This story is driving me nuts. Friday’s Gazette reports that Nelly Arcan’s money-hungry publishers are trying to hack into her computer to exploit the potential goldmine of unpublished work it houses. Various experts weigh in, throughout the piece, suggesting either that it’s the publisher’s right to do this or, more sanely, that it’s up to

Mega haiku catch-up

I have been behind on my writing this week, and haven’t posted any of my daily haiku since October 12! Therefore, I will make-up with a MEGA HAIKU CATCH-UP post, right now. Five crazy haiku, coming atcha. In five… four… three… To begin, let’s start with my hatred for Ugg Boots. You know the ones