Dead Man’s Best by James Roland SPOILER ALERT So, why is it that every Hollywood franchise (other than X-Men and Spiderman) decides to make sequels instead of movies? The first frantic twenty minutes of Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest feels like a speed-date style family reunion. Characters move at a lightning pace, spilling […]
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I’ve made a kind of informal study out of watching people react to me in different guises — suits or jeans, coveralls or sleeveless shirts that show off the tattoo . . . Very few women have dragged their children hastily away; businesses don’t give me poor service, no matter what I wear.
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Pass the Grandeur, Please. No Delusions, Thank You by Anne Powell We’ve all had them — delusions of grandeur. Even when I was little, everything was big and important. In the backyard, a jump rope tied between two trees was a zip line across an enormous chasm in the mountains. My sisters and cousins were […]
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Reinstate the First Draft by James Roland B. Daltons are the worst kind of bookstore, growing in the damp and dim corners of shopping malls, wedged between an Orange Julius and that $10.00 For Everything shop that disappears and reappears so often I think it’s being run by gypsies. The entrance to a B. Dalton […]
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Let’s Begin Now. Brrrrring! by Titus Gee How do I start without sounding pretentious? Maybe tip the hand on my insecurity with a question, eh? Whatever. Just write it. As fast and straight as you can. See, I want to talk about greatness and success – two words that have always haunted me, but especially […]
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Yeah! I want that! I want to do that thing! To be that person! To live that life of self-sacrifice/ adventure/ creative abandon/ peace/ vengeance!
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Deadlines, and Their Receding Silhouettes by Evan Shultz When someone gives you a deadline, the first thing you do is figure out how much time that gives you. Not so that you can budget your time, mind you. Next thing you do is estimate how long you will actually have to work on the task […]
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It’s a funny thing inspiration. It’s never quite the same from one person to the next.
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Hemingway’s Narrative Voice by Evan Shultz I work at Border’s Books & Music, stocking books on shelves. I don’t do it for the money, of course; I do it for the reading. Most days I get an hour lunch break, and I can get free iced tea and a discount on café food, and sit […]
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Raw Fish and a Realization by Anne Powell I was starting to panic. It’s me or the sushi. Between the rubbery texture and my dad’s stories, I’m surprised I tried it. I was more surprised that I was trying it again. Last time, tears were streaming down my face as I gagged on a piece […]
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