Michael Kindt's Blog, page 458
October 26, 2011
A quick note on proofreading
Any one who criticizes your written work because you didn't proofread well, or you routinely misspell, or you don't always correctly use apostrophes, or you implement the wrong "there", or you use a sloppy or non-traditional style: any one who criticizes you for these things, is an asshole.
Writing is not an easy task. For most people, it takes courage to publicly share ideas. I have almost ten years of experience teaching young writers at university, and I tutored writers for several years in and out of writing centers. I've worked with lazy and rich white kids who and hard-working ESL and EFL students. I don't care what kind of writer I've taught: writing well is a scary thing for the majority of writers. It's a rare student who was naturally confident.
Stop being petty & privileged fucks about blogging. If you regularly circulate stupid photos about how to properly use there, their, they're and you, your, you're and it, its, it's, you are a fucking douche bag. You aren't smart. You aren't cute. You aren't correct.
Fuck prescriptivism.
Let the revolution against Grammar Nazism begin! :)
His love for her had turned sour, like the rancid oil of a long forgotten almond,
but he didn't care. He was drunk and would bang her anyway.
"The rancid oil of a long forgotten almond."
A phrase from a dream I had last night. I don't remember anything else. It was on my lips this morning when I awoke.
Ok.
October 25, 2011
Hello. Here we have me laying on the floor, taking pictures of...
Hello. Here we have me laying on the floor, taking pictures of myself. This was awhile ago, but I remember it like it was previously. I was in the hallway of my last house (I moved this June) and had some beer in me. Earlier, like an hour earlier, I had just sold my first book on Ebay and I wanted to capture the moment, I guess. Either that or I was feelin' sexy.
I had decided to sell signed copies of my book because, despite post after post of begging and pleading, no one would ever just send me cash in the mail. I even posted my PO Box and everything.
Nothing.
So periodically I have signed copies available on Ebay, and sometimes they even sell. I sign them myself, using my very own pencil which I manipulate with my very own hand. Not only do I sign them, I write something witty in them, too. I even include a nice card, also signed and wittified.
If you would like to participate, go here to Ebay. Oh, and free shipping! act now! operators are standing by! Et cetera.
"Whether you realize it or not, your entire life is a near-death experience. For a while."
- Michael Kindt
"All things are subject to interpretation; whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a..."
- Friedrich Nietzsche (via elige)
