This. (speaking of writing about books… eep. so behind.)
I don’t normally write reviews; when I write about books, I more just pontificate and/or relate the book to other things I’m thinking about.
Category Archives: Writing
Project 366 – Week 28
190/366
UBC bio-
diversity museum,
Indian buffet
191/366
invite to dinner
in a neighborhood I can’t
afford to live in
192/366
first we eat breakfast
outside, then we say goodbye.
time to do laundry.
193/366
over-scented tourists
stumble when the bus brakes, snap
“we don’t take transit!”
194/366
it’s a catch-up day
if I were more organized
I wouldn’t need these
195/366
a man chats on his
cell phone as he cycles by:
“I’m just cycling home”
196/366
freshly brewed iced tea.
sit and sip, enjoy the sun
as it disappears
Write something dangerous
What’s your advice to new writers?
Don’t give a shit. Don’t care. Books, until recently, were dangerous: banned, burned, watched. Write something dangerous. Say something you shouldn’t. Blow something up. But well.
Project 366 – Week 27
183/366
my new neighbor sits
outside, hacking + smoking,
yakking on her phone
184/366
the check-out girl moves
in slow-motion, stoned or a
good facsimile
185/366
“lisa…” a man’s voice.
“Lisa.” silence. “Lisa!” pause.
“LISA!” frustration.
186/366
best forecast ever:
two weeks of suns, unbroken
by a single cloud
187/366
they’re out in full force
runners with hydration packs
and it’s barely warm
188/366
across the street, men
shout, hammer, drill; engines hum—
construction noises
189/366
and so we ambled
thirteen k in the sunshine,
old friends catching up
Before you can be good
[B]efore you can be good at something, you’ll almost certainly be bad to mediocre at it.
—Katie of Foxflat
in a guest post at Whip Up
How a Book is Made
…by male employees who are men and female employees who are girls, of course!
But seriously, you should watch this. Making books was a complicated and labor-intensive process back in the day.
Face Your Writing Fears
Realized I forgot to mention my latest article… again. I really do suck at self-promo. Anyhoo! My new Absolute Blank article at TC is “Face Your Writing Fears.” It’s been getting some good (unsolicited!) feedback, so check it out! Bonus: photo of me with a snake 🙂
Photography feels like outward movement
When you’re floundering in grief, photography can get you out of the house, while writing is a key for a different door. I find I do my most coherent writing at home, and create my best photographs when I’m outside. Photography feels like outward movement, reaching out into the world, my eyes open, creating new images. Writing, on the other hand, is an inward retreat, as I sink into myself to find the words, dropping into my body and swimming with the currents of my past, locating memories that hold clues to today.
—Susannah Conway
excerpt from This I Know: Notes on Unraveling the Heart
@ Poppytalk
Project 366 – Week 26
176/366
when the sun comes out
people remember why they
live in Vancouver
177/366
breathing in + out
zen yoga experience
mmm, scent of a skunk
178/366
am I the only
one who can’t believe good news
till it’s official?
179/366
on the way home stop
at the farmers market to
buy ripe strawberries
180/366
home and native land
of the free, home of the brave
weeknight baseball game
181/366
after accomplishment,
the letdown. a run, a beer,
then a good night’s sleep
182/366
all day drizzly rain
air thick with humidity
clings, toilet tank drips
Project 366 – Week 25
169/366
2 white plastic chairs
sit next to the small RV
living on the street
170/366
don’t you hate it when
“updates” break your computer
half a day wasted
171/366
another Tuesday,
another day stuck in
grading jail (that’s life)
172/366
woman wearing a
typewriter around her neck
old-tech hipster kitsch
173/366
first day of summer
no sun in the sky but I’m
all caught up on sleep
174/366
frantic birds scrabbling
on the roof — am I in an
Alfred Hitchcock film?
175/366
old women in pink
beside cancer agency
smoking cigarettes
The Remainder Table 