Category: writing / books
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Some Advice
Here’s the thing with advice: you’re always getting it from a biased perspective. Let’s say you want to write a novel. You go out and read the best writing advice that published novelists have to give. They say things like “don’t give up” ; “you’ll get better with practice” ; “it’s all about perseverance” ;…
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Book Review: American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho describes a few years in the life of Patrick Bateman, a successful investor and psychopath. That’s about all there is to it. American Psycho is not so much a story, but a drawn out snapshot of the nightmare world of yuppies in late 80s New York. This setting is as…
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Me Literate
So remember I told you that I submitted a short story for publication? Yeah, well, for some reason they thought it was good enough to buy. I guess I’m a real fiction writer now. I got my check in the mail today. It’s a small amount, but that’s not the point; the fact that someone…