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September 9, 2018
Pisces
Nothing ventured and Nothing gained—why not try to Jet ski to the moon?
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Aries
The dinosaurs died Not from a comet but from Your stupid theories
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Taurus
The ancients had a Word for someone like you, and That word was “lame-o”
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Gemini
Three times you’ll deny That Jesus has the best used Car deals anywhere
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September 5, 2018
Lazy Bastardism (Carmine Starnino)
The actual subjects of the individual essays in Lazy Bastardism, Carmine Starnino's latest collection of critical prose, remain secondary to the book's primary subject: critical prose itself. Fearing inept readers, Starnino begins with a prologue excerpting an interview with Patrick Warner, in which Starnino states that "To despise criticism . . . is to despise [...]
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September 4, 2018
Keith Cadieux On Horror, Weird Fiction, And Publishing, Part 2 – 003
Author/editor Keith Cadieux visits my university creative writing class. This is the first of a two-part episode: the first part is available here. Resources discussed in this episode: Keith's book GAZE Keith's anthology THE SHADOW OVER PORTAGE AND MAIN, which contains an introduction by myself and a short story by my pseudonym Richard Crow and the [...]
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Keith Cadieux On Horror, Weird Fiction, And Publishing, Part 1 – 002
Author/editor Keith Cadieux visits my university creative writing class. This is the first of a two-part episode: the second part is available here. Resources discussed in this episode: Keith's book GAZE Keith's anthology THE SHADOW OVER PORTAGE AND MAIN, which contains an introduction by myself and a short story by my pseudonym Richard Crow and the [...]
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Foundations for Creative Practice — 001
In the first episode of the Writing the Wrong Way podcast, host Jonathan Ball discusses the foundations for creative practice, the core of what a serious writer needs to consider to become a working professional. Resources discussed in this episode: "Write a Lot by Writing on Schedule," my most popular post Join my newsletter for [...]
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September 2, 2018
Virgo
Be forewarned that these Horoscopes contain gruesome Depictions of you
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Libra
You have addictive Tendencies, so stay away From my heroin
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