Reading after midnight
Nothing keens my writing axe more than knowing I’m about to read it out loud to a bunch of other writers. That one of them is Mark Clements definitely helps. And it is especially true when I’m doing something odd like tDoPB. Which I’m keeping a bit of a secret right now because I’m still not sure I’m going to be able to pull it off.
That’s why I did the temporary podcast of FlameWar. Not too many people listened to it, but those who did mattered. It made me paranoidally aware of every error. I even got some feedback, although that wasn’t the purpose.
Reading with an impending reading in mind makes a huge difference.
Even when the reading is at 2 am. Mark Clements runs a late-night read-and-critique that’s possibly the best read-and-critique I’ve taken part in. The other sessions are all limited by time; this one is not: we go until we have nothing left to say and then Mark wraps it up and we move to the next reading.
A couple of quotes from today’s sessions:
Warren Lewis:
My resume says I lecture frequently. Unfortunately I usually do it at home alone in the bathtub.
An attentive poet does with words what snipers do with bullets… but there’s less paperwork involved.
Raymond Feist:
I love books. I stopped tearing the pages out of books when I was two. I stopped eating them when I was three.
In response to La Jolla Writers Conference, 2011: Score one for Apple’s non-removable batteries. I have an awesome Olympus Pen in my bag… and the battery is sitting in the charger back in my apartment. Which means I’m using the lesser camera in my iPad. So I’m not sure you can see the rain in this photograph that’s keeping the lawn free of lounging authors.
- FlameWar: The Passion of the Electric Messiah (Official Site)
- “Seattle is Fallen. The words reverberate throughout the former United States. From Seattle to New York, the world can no longer ignore the Wiccan revolution that toppled a nation. In Seattle, barrista Megan Ley lives through revolution, a rising anti-Lesbian backlash, and the political aspirations of her girlfriend. In Los Angeles, blogger John Beat looks at the revolution from the other side, as controversial filmmaker Marco Leihome fans the flames of anti-Wiccan and anti-Homosexual sentiment.”
“Is it closer to walk? No, it’s never closer to walk.”