Loren Rhoads's Blog, page 82
December 1, 2011
My Current Obsession
I am currently obsessed by a website called Pinterest. Truly stupid name, I agree. It put me off at first, too.
November 9, 2011
I write like...
I've been playing with a new website this morning. It analyzes text that you enter and then tells you who you write like.
November 7, 2011
Writing in cafes: music
One of the things I like best about going to a café to write is the opportunity to let someone else choose the music. At home, I often listen to the radio for company or sit in silence, rathe
November 4, 2011
And so it goes...
This week didn't go as planned. With the podcast recorded and my story & essay for the Haunted Mansion anthology accepted, I was looking forward to finishing the story for Dana's antholog
November 1, 2011
A true ghost story
Thanks to Jennifer's Ghosts, my very first ever podcast is up on PodOmatic. It's too long to upload to Red Room, but you can listen to it there. It's about 8 minutes long.
October 31, 2011
A true Halloween story
I can't embed video here, but this is the video of me reading "The Mortician's Gift" at the Hypnodrome: http://youtu.be/Rpkeg_0qPMQ
October 27, 2011
Writing as magic
"If you can manipulate your own consciousness, and perhaps that of others -- which is something that all artists are trying to do, whether they're magicians or not -- then you will have effected an
October 26, 2011
Writing in cafes: table rent
It amazes me the people who don't understand the economics of running a café. If you're lucky enough to find a place that allows you to come in and sit for a spell, you have to pay to rent th
October 21, 2011
Touched by Ghosts
After I paid for the Haunted Mansion retreat, I worried what I'd do if the mansion really was haunted. I wouldn't be able to drive to Mount Tamalpais for the long weekend, since I could
October 20, 2011
The Saratoga of California
Images of America: Calistoga by John Waters Jr. (Arcadia Publishing)
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
