Iris

01/11/2012

So it begins...
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Thirty days and nights of literary abandon

01/11/2012

Happy Halloween! What are you reading?

07/06/2012

Mars has just lost one of its best & most eloquent explorers. Rest in peace, Mr.Bradbury. Thank you for all of your many wonders.

04/05/2012

May the fourth be with you!

02/05/2012

http://xkcd.com/1049/

What else would be on the terrible shelf?

Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

23/04/2012

Today is World Book Day!

What will you be reading?

21/04/2012

What would you ask H.P. Lovecraft? What would he answer?

Last week I received a “you probably don’t remember me” note from a man I went to a school dance with nineteen years ago. He is married and has three kids, but states he is not happy. What should I do?

15/03/2012

So sad and lonely.

10/01/2012

The new tradition of TED Tuesday:
Tyler Cowen's challenging thoughts on stories
http://www.ted.com/talks/tyler_cowen_be_suspicious_of_stories.html

What do you think? Are our narratives necessarily too simple? What might a fiction writer do to reverse this pattern?

TED Talks Like all of us, economist Tyler Cowen loves a good story. But in this intriguing talk from TEDxMidAtlantic, he asks us to step away from thinking of our lives -- and our messy, complicated irrational world -- in terms of a simple narrative.

26/12/2011

Haiku Monday again. Have at it! We did Christmas already, so just follow your muse this time. If you're up for a challenge, why not tackle the theme, "she seeks power"?

19/12/2011

It's Haiku Monday! Christmas is just ahead, so maybe write about that, or the season of Winter. Or anything, really.