Category: articles
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Rejection Letter Fail
Therapeutic to watch a writer tweak this rejection email sent CC: by mistake from agent to 238 of us:#amwriting #fail pic.twitter.com/MRF2qhFf (This email thread went on for hours as we all bantered back and forth about it. They call themselves “The 238”).
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Zombie Church by Tyler Edwards
When I first glanced at the title Zombie Church by my man Tyler, I immediately recalled the part of Resident Evil 4 where all the monk zombies come out of the abbey grumbling in Latin, chasing you around the graveyard. Or was it priest zombies running out of a cathedral? In any case, the imagery…
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Liebster Blog Award
Yesterday, I stumbled onto my “About” page and found out that one of our own, thoughtofvg, gifted me the Liebster Blog Award. The award gets passed on to excelled bloggers with fewer than 200 followers to recognize their efforts to a larger audience. Like ‘thoghtofvg’ I too love the German language (as chanonyx might tell you)…
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Sitting at the feet of : a Gymnast
Editor’s note: we remain devastated over the news of Kip Johnson’s fall, but insist on keeping this article up and unchanged as a matter of historical record. We encourage families to come forward if further evidence exists and we willingly offer our service, voice, thoughts, and prayers — whatever is needed from these families who…
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Cartography: Our Picture of Us
The Cartographer’s Guild encouraged me in my map making. Since then I noticed how maps disinter our understanding of the world. Maps do not show us where things are or where things were. They reveal who we are and how we think. Take Hecataeus: He’s missing a couple two or three continents. His world is…
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Inception: Nolan Film Noir
I’m starting to realize that Nolan Film Noir is just another way of saying “Nolan film.” Walk with me: in almost every scene of Inception, someone changes their mind or tries to change someone else’s mind. In koine Greek, metanoia “change mind” is often translated “repent.” That’s the film: face your inner demons to face…
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Cradle of Love: An Ode to Christmas
It’s not when he came Not his time of birth that matters But that he came Formed his throne in fame forever Little babe, little sage, Little cradle made of stone Holiday fervor with Capital’s seduction Mass produces our nativity Into dysfunction as a scene Rather Than our story, proves Epiphany: three, no twenty wise men star gazers, Zoroastrian…
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Manuscripts Milton and Melting
Either my wife’s prayer, a cup of Prince of Wales tea (don’t buy any) or the deadline of “before the holidays” forced me to complete the first draft of my second novel shortly after Monday’s letter post. It felt nothing like the first time. The first time, finals week loomed in the dorms. I keyed in…
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Sitting at the feet of a Seller of Stock Options (finale!)
DISCLAIMER: This is an interview with a friend and should be read as such. For professional investing advice, please consult your personal financial advisor. This interview should in no way be construed as professional investing advice for your personal portfolio. You are responsible for your own money, not me or Greg Hull. Last time, Greg…
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Safari in Words and Pictures
Think of this like the theatre: if you have a cell phone, turn it off. But if you have a pacemaker, KEEP THAT SUCKER ON! Here we go…. Amy and Eric Malone, our friends, had a baby shower down in Arkansas this weekend. Whether the state in question is pronounced Ar-kin-saw or Ar-can-sis, I’ll leave to…