Posted here for future reference: photos and commentary on a
ruined book depository on Detroit.

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I’ve been reading Joe Hill’s novel
Heart Shaped Box the last several days, and it’s been an education in developing a story idea. The novel I started for NaNoWriMo this time (but didn’t finish) is still stuck in my head. And although it bears almost no resemblance at all to Joe Hill’s story, it does [...]

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As it stands I’m at 4,050 words, and I should already be past the 10,000 mark right now. So I’m a bit behind. But while I’m eager to catch up, I don’t have nearly the anxiety about it as I’ve had in previous years. I don’t feel as guilty and I certainly don’t feel as [...]

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I never cared for Ursula K Le Guin’s writing, and now after this
temper-tantrum directed at Cory Doctorow I don’t even feel guilty about it any more. Even if Doctorow still likes her.

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So, it’s October and
National Novel Writing Month begins again in November. I sat out last year. But I think I’m going to give it another try this year. I’ve been feeling a lot more creative since we moved to Blacksburg, and since I don’t have to spend so much time thinking [...]

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