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November 10, 2013
Unfriggin Believable
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by...
Unfriggin Believable
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb makes this courage teenager a writer and author.
But being forced to be invisible in your own country is a pain few if any of us will have to imagine let alone experience.
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb makes this courage teenager a writer and author.
But being forced to be invisible in your own country is a pain few if any of us will have to imagine let alone experience.
November 8, 2013
One might have the inclination to say without thinking, what do you want me to do, feel guilty?
However...
One might have the inclination to say without thinking, what do you want me to do, feel guilty?
However, it's not the price ($$$) we pay to make the clothes on our backs, but the exportation and slavery of the human being to make the already rich, insanely rich at the cost of the ultimate internal principle by which we all think, feel, and will, and by which our bodies are animated.
However, it's not the price ($$$) we pay to make the clothes on our backs, but the exportation and slavery of the human being to make the already rich, insanely rich at the cost of the ultimate internal principle by which we all think, feel, and will, and by which our bodies are animated.
November 7, 2013
The Literature of Exhaustion (Revisited)
In 1967 American novelist John Barth wrote an essay called...
The Literature of Exhaustion (Revisited)
In 1967 American novelist John Barth wrote an essay called, The Literature of Exhaustion. The essay sent shock waves through the literary community and said, basically, the traditional novel was dead. It was considered the manifesto of postmodernism literature, highly influential and most definitely controversial in its portrait of literary realism as a "used up" tradition style with writers relegated to writing novels imitating form and running on empty without substance.
Tim Parks in his article, Trapped Inside the Novel, last week wrote in the New York Review of Books—
"My problem with the grand traditional novel—or rather traditional narrative in general, short stories included—is the vision of character, the constant reinforcement of a fictional selfhood that accumulates meaning through suffering and the overcoming of suffering. At once a palace built of words and a trajectory propelled by syntax, the self connects effortlessly with the past and launches bravely into the future. Challenged, perhaps thwarted by circumstance, it nevertheless survives, with its harvest of bittersweet consolation, and newly acquired knowledge.
I’m being reductive. The variety of stories told in the novel is indeed remarkable, but the tendency to reinforce in the reader the habit of projecting his or her life as a meaningful story, a narrative that will very likely become a trap, leading to inevitable disappointment followed by the much-prized (and I suspect overrated) wisdom of maturity, is nigh on universal. Likewise, and intrinsic to this approach, is the invitation to shift our attention away from the moment, away from any real savoring of present experience, toward the past that brought us to this point and the future that will likely result. The present is allowed to have significance only in so far as it constitutes a position in a story line. Intellect, analysis, and calculation are privileged over sense and immediate perception..."
Are writers trapped in a style learned in their writing class of melodramatic plot turns, situational irony, climactic convergences, and the monotonous tragic downward spiral toward innocence lost. Where the writer places the experience of living on the arc that moves significantly from beginning to end, but doesn't holds the attention upon the moment, focussing on the “savoring of present experience.”
Are writers today trapped in the novel's form at the expense of the novel's substance?
Rest of article here: http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/oct/28/novel-trap/
In 1967 American novelist John Barth wrote an essay called, The Literature of Exhaustion. The essay sent shock waves through the literary community and said, basically, the traditional novel was dead. It was considered the manifesto of postmodernism literature, highly influential and most definitely controversial in its portrait of literary realism as a "used up" tradition style with writers relegated to writing novels imitating form and running on empty without substance.
Tim Parks in his article, Trapped Inside the Novel, last week wrote in the New York Review of Books—
"My problem with the grand traditional novel—or rather traditional narrative in general, short stories included—is the vision of character, the constant reinforcement of a fictional selfhood that accumulates meaning through suffering and the overcoming of suffering. At once a palace built of words and a trajectory propelled by syntax, the self connects effortlessly with the past and launches bravely into the future. Challenged, perhaps thwarted by circumstance, it nevertheless survives, with its harvest of bittersweet consolation, and newly acquired knowledge.
I’m being reductive. The variety of stories told in the novel is indeed remarkable, but the tendency to reinforce in the reader the habit of projecting his or her life as a meaningful story, a narrative that will very likely become a trap, leading to inevitable disappointment followed by the much-prized (and I suspect overrated) wisdom of maturity, is nigh on universal. Likewise, and intrinsic to this approach, is the invitation to shift our attention away from the moment, away from any real savoring of present experience, toward the past that brought us to this point and the future that will likely result. The present is allowed to have significance only in so far as it constitutes a position in a story line. Intellect, analysis, and calculation are privileged over sense and immediate perception..."
Are writers trapped in a style learned in their writing class of melodramatic plot turns, situational irony, climactic convergences, and the monotonous tragic downward spiral toward innocence lost. Where the writer places the experience of living on the arc that moves significantly from beginning to end, but doesn't holds the attention upon the moment, focussing on the “savoring of present experience.”
Are writers today trapped in the novel's form at the expense of the novel's substance?
Rest of article here: http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/oct/28/novel-trap/
November 6, 2013
Olivia, you make me want to cry.
Olivia, you make me want to cry.
November 5, 2013
Why Write for Free?
Roger Wright the Author of 'Finding Work When There Are No Jobs' brings up an interesting...
Why Write for Free?
Roger Wright the Author of 'Finding Work When There Are No Jobs' brings up an interesting question in the Huffington Post.
He writes, "Writing is really hard. Bad writing is easy. But filling the blank page with words that grab a person by the heart and make them want to read? That's hard. Don't think so? Try it. I don't always succeed, but when I do, my investment in the writing gives me back a return that is like a handful of diamonds. Huge investment. Huge reward. The fulfillment of a challenge is my return."
So, I ask, is there any rhyme, reason, or research that would make you write for free or some of you who are writing diligently this November on your NaNo projects, would you like to share your motivation for writing to help keep others motivated?
Read the rest here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roger-wright/why-write-for-free_b_4217904.html
Roger Wright the Author of 'Finding Work When There Are No Jobs' brings up an interesting question in the Huffington Post.
He writes, "Writing is really hard. Bad writing is easy. But filling the blank page with words that grab a person by the heart and make them want to read? That's hard. Don't think so? Try it. I don't always succeed, but when I do, my investment in the writing gives me back a return that is like a handful of diamonds. Huge investment. Huge reward. The fulfillment of a challenge is my return."
So, I ask, is there any rhyme, reason, or research that would make you write for free or some of you who are writing diligently this November on your NaNo projects, would you like to share your motivation for writing to help keep others motivated?
Read the rest here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roger-wright/why-write-for-free_b_4217904.html
November 3, 2013
Since we are off daylight saving time, check out this video and set your device at 1080p. It brings ...
Since we are off daylight saving time, check out this video and set your device at 1080p. It brings you to the top Mauna Kea, Hawaii where strange going ons are taking place at an altitude of nearly 14,000 ft. The summit is the premiere site for astronomy in the Northern Hemisphere
and maybe ground zero for the interstellar war no one wants to tell us about and why the need to adjust time :/
Click to view here: http://vimeo.com/75542539
and maybe ground zero for the interstellar war no one wants to tell us about and why the need to adjust time :/
Click to view here: http://vimeo.com/75542539
November 1, 2013
Guess Who Won’t Make Squat from ‘Ender’s Game’ Box Office?
Duh, Author- Orson Scott Card
The Wrap broke...
Guess Who Won’t Make Squat from ‘Ender’s Game’ Box Office?
Duh, Author- Orson Scott Card
The Wrap broke the news story by breaking down the contract agreements between the author and the studio. A film version has been in the works for years even before Card submitted a screenplay to Warner Bros. in 2003, and it results is that Card was paid for the rights to make the movie years ago. He did not negotiate whatsoever a back-end agreements, so that is all he will make.
Let’s test your metal and imagination, say that lighting strikes you, and a movie deal for your story is actively in existence. Do you hold out for a “part,” a portion of the box office take, or do let the rights go long before years in development hell and before your story ever hits the big screen for the big take?
Click here to read more: http://www.thewrap.com/orson-scott-card-boycott-enders-game-box-office-book-instead
Duh, Author- Orson Scott Card
The Wrap broke the news story by breaking down the contract agreements between the author and the studio. A film version has been in the works for years even before Card submitted a screenplay to Warner Bros. in 2003, and it results is that Card was paid for the rights to make the movie years ago. He did not negotiate whatsoever a back-end agreements, so that is all he will make.
Let’s test your metal and imagination, say that lighting strikes you, and a movie deal for your story is actively in existence. Do you hold out for a “part,” a portion of the box office take, or do let the rights go long before years in development hell and before your story ever hits the big screen for the big take?
Click here to read more: http://www.thewrap.com/orson-scott-card-boycott-enders-game-box-office-book-instead
October 31, 2013
These four young women have something to say on this Halloween.
These four young women have something to say on this Halloween.
Tired of the "cute" costumes and female stereotypes, these four girls completely kill that idea.
October 23, 2013
Liberal, or Conservative, all can agree being watched is creepy. If you live in or anywhere near Washington...
Liberal, or Conservative, all can agree being watched is creepy. If you live in or anywhere near Washington, D.C., and you're around on Oct. 26, 2013, I suggest you attend the being of the end of this spying on innocent people.
Click to here to find out why: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/10/actors-activists-nsa-video/
Click to here to find out why: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/10/actors-activists-nsa-video/
October 22, 2013
Annoyed Librarian Gets Panties in Knot Over Self-Publishing
Passive Voice pointed out an article that...
Annoyed Librarian Gets Panties in Knot Over Self-Publishing
Passive Voice pointed out an article that seems to reek of a swelled head. Annoyed Librarian states that there are too many self-published book are out there. The good ones are lost in the crowd.
“… maybe that’s true now. If an eBook is published in the wilderness and nobody reads it, does it still count as a book?”
Some just will not give up the notion that eBooks are pretend books.
According to Annoyed Librarian, “…with almost 400,000 self-published books a year, the amount bought or preserved by libraries is going to be negligible. In the future, it will be like the vast majority of these books never existed.”
Do you think that too many self-published eBooks are out there and are about to be forgotten?
Methinks Annoyed Librarian’s mockery, smacks of the elitist fat ego here: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2013/10/21/self-publishing-and-libraries/
Passive Voice pointed out an article that seems to reek of a swelled head. Annoyed Librarian states that there are too many self-published book are out there. The good ones are lost in the crowd.
“… maybe that’s true now. If an eBook is published in the wilderness and nobody reads it, does it still count as a book?”
Some just will not give up the notion that eBooks are pretend books.
According to Annoyed Librarian, “…with almost 400,000 self-published books a year, the amount bought or preserved by libraries is going to be negligible. In the future, it will be like the vast majority of these books never existed.”
Do you think that too many self-published eBooks are out there and are about to be forgotten?
Methinks Annoyed Librarian’s mockery, smacks of the elitist fat ego here: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2013/10/21/self-publishing-and-libraries/
