A bookworm journalist blogs on literature and life
Timothy Egan wrote a great guest column in the New York Times yesterday where he bemoans the trend of publishing memoirs from people taking advantage of their 15 minutes of fame (like Joe the Plumber’s new memoir, good grief). A quote: Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to [...]
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Writing for Story by Jon Franklin is a book about writing and creating story. Franklin, a two-time Pulizter Prize Winner, focuses on how to write the “nonfiction short story,” basically a newspaper feature story. Franklin walks the reader through his writing process, his concept of story, and includes two articles with detailed annotations showing how [...]
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This week I haven’t done much reading because I’ve been very busy writing. As I worked, I found myself more and more annoyed with the process of constantly writing and rewriting. I thought this would subside after I turned in my group project on Friday, but this frustration has reared its ugly head again today. [...]
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For those of you that are interested, my last two stories from my summer internship at The Citizen in Hugo, MN are posted on The Citizen website. The first is “A Night Out On The Town” which is about my ride-along with the Lino Lakes Police Department for National Night Out. The second is called [...]
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This weeks Weekly Geek challenge (courtesy of Dewey at The Hidden Side of a Leaf) is about magazines. Right now, I don’t subscribe to any magazines, mostly because I can’t afford them and my living situation is in limbo. I did subscribe to The New Yorker awhile ago, but while I was in school I [...]
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I skipped Weekly Geeks last week because I got super busy and just didn’t have time to catch up on reviews… lame, right? Anyway, I’m back on board for Week #7 of the Weekly Geek challenge (courtesy of Dewey at The Hidden Side of a Leaf). This week, we’re challenged to do something with photos, [...]
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