I spent some time playing around with the  “I Write Like” website using various snippets from my writing.  Check out the results below.  Never realized how wide my range was or the company I kept. Bowling Alley Scene (Chapter 2 of TP) I write like P. G. Wodehouse I Write Like by Mémoires. Analyze your…
I Went With Some Friends to See Benji Hughes…
…it was the greatest show I ever saw. I’ve been dying to see Benji Hughes live since discovering him back in October via an article in The Believer magazine that sat unread on our coffee table for several weeks. By the time I got around to reading it and listening to his album I learned…
Apophenia
Some things I’d like to think took inspiration from Timely Persuasion, but probably didn’t: LOST – “Across The Sea” The recent “Across the Sea” episode of LOST features two nameless main characters. Â The only named character in TP is Nelson, the alleged bad guy. But is he really bad? Â The only named character in this…
Coachella Recap
A little late, but here’s a quick band by band breakdown of Coachella weekend. You’ll notice no Friday update. Â That’s because after 2.5+ hours in traffic we were still miles away from the parking lot and decided to abort until the next day. Â So no Perry Farrell, She & Him, The Specials, Them Crooked Vultures,…
Name Dropped on Daily OM
Odd… http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2/2010/22950.html Should I be flattered? Do I get royalties? Seriously, it does feel like it could really be a TP reference directed at the narrator in regards to how he handles the sister situation. And I list the release date of the book (Feb 29) as the “birthday” on MySpace, which would be a…
How To Write A Novel
Words of wisdom from Nic Alderton:
Free TP eBooks for Read an eBook Week
In honor of the annual Read an eBook Week celebration I’m offering free copies of Timely Persuasion via Smashwords.com through 3/13/10. Enter coupon code “RFREE” at checkout on the Smashwords site to pick up your copy in a variety of formats including Kindle, Sony Reader, Palm, etc. Timely Persuasion @ Smashwords.com If you do check…
Award
Fun little award courtesy of my friend LibbyHyaline at the TimeLoopTheory forum, in honor of my repeated ramblings on everyone’s favorite episode of LOST.
Rediscovering Pavement
Anticipation for the Pavement reunion at Coachella has put the band into increased rotation for me as of late, and I’m loving them even more than I did way back when. I’d still break out Crooked Rain or Slanted and Enchanted every couple of months, but that was about it. Now I’m devouring everything like…
Ramblings IV
Been re-watching LOST in anticipation of the final season. Â Finished off Season 1, then decided to jump straight to Season 5 presuming these two will be the most relevant to Season 6. Â I’m still impressed with how well the time travel was handled in a “Whatever Happened, Happened” sort of way last year. Â Biggest hindsight…