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The Cozy Catastrophe
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A blog about beating back metaphorical triffids, and keeping it fun.
- Added on: Oct 11th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: organictriffidfarm
- Listed in: Personal
- Tags: books japan learning writing creativity genre fiction
Recent Posts
The Road: Cormac McCarthy’s Guide for Helicopter Parents
The film adaptation of The Road opens this weekend, perfect timing for post-Thanksgiving guilt and much easier than a long workout. I’ve never quite been able to take McCarthy seriously, which probably has much to do with an overabundance of ro...
Social Networking: Playing Sidekick to our Shadows
I was listening to an excerpt of Patricia Bray’s workshop lecture on the protagonist. Bray is the author of The Chronicles of Josan and the Sword of Change series. Although she actually spent more time (at least in the clip) talking about the s...
On Lists
This week’s Der Spiegel has an interview with Umberto Eco on the subject of lists. Eco states that lists are stabs at immortality, an attempt to take control of the infinite through categorization:”We have a limit, a very discouraging, h...
“Fathomless Stupidity” and November Noir
Yesterday, I went in to buy Malinda Lo’s Ash. It’s a relatively new book, or at least I thought so. After all, Lo is still doing book tours. You’d think her hardback might still be on the shelves. Now usually it’s not my habit...
Halloween!
Today I don’t have much time, but we’ve made it to Halloween. I’ve been ramping up my own writing today, after stumbling over a brief spell of whining. As today is the day, I’m doing three favorites. The first is Number 13 by M.R. James....
Avoiding the Brain Sucker: limiting screen culture, more ghost stories, and notebook hacks.
Avoiding the brain sucker. I’ve been limiting my internet hours to the evening, having noticed that I’ve been becoming more and more frazzled and distracted, particularly when it comes to my writing. It’s a creepy experience when yo...
