One of those mixed up linkbuckets
My story "How the Interplanetary War Began" is up at Defenestration. It's about two of my most favorite things: shopping malls and Ymir (officially known as Gliese 581 c). Gwenda Bond interviews Alan DeNiro, author of Total Oblivion, More or Less.

It's not a gnome, either.
Mel Bosworth reads things on YouTube. I've been watching his channel for a while, and enjoying it a lot. Today, I get to say that he did a fantastic job with a very short story of mine, "Tribal Tattoo." Fun fact about this story: I have a tattoo, but it's not tribal. If I ever meet you, I'll show it to you. I promise you won't be grossed out by the content, or the location.

Buckets of Buckets
I feel like I do when I'm going about things the wrong way. I'm pacing. I'm acutely aware of the ink level in my pen. I'm doodling too much and labeling everything. I keep thinking about baking cookies. When things are going well, I don't notice my fingernails at all. My fingernails are emerald green.  Lots and lots of clouds. So. It's not working, being away from everything. I'm annoyed that doing something difficult didn't fix things. That tactic is usually reliable. Tomorrow, I'm resorting to downright cheats. Grac

Minor Changes
Linkbucket entries are returning to the center column. The left hand column of this website will now feature poetry, fiction and other online literary work that I've enjoyed. If you visit this site via an RSS reader and want to know what I like to read besides cereal boxes and Entertainment Weekly? You're not going to see it anymore unless you add this feed to your list: http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/rarelylikable?count=15 I made this decision because there are lots of literary magazines that don't offer RSS feeds. My previous  link-keeping system was b

The Plan
One concept embedded in NaNoWriMo that I've always liked: It's only one month out of an entire life.My goal is to spend more time this month writing and reading (online and offline) fiction, and less time writing and especially reading Internet stuff that isn't fiction. Three exceptions to that last part: IMs, emails, and anything pertaining to The Northville Review. All of that means minimal Twitter and Facebook reading and updates. It means very little Google Reader. I'm always reluctant to contact people via IM and email because I'm worried it will be a nuisance. That