Writer StatementI agree with John Gardner that the writing of fiction is the "creation of a vivid and continuous dream." To write, one enters this dream state and allows one's characters to inhabit one's being and to speak through one. My fiction influences are diverse and range from 19th-century traditionalists like Henry James, Edith Wharton and George Gissing to 20th-century modernists like James Joyce and Virginia Woolf and postmodernists like Donald Barthelme. The Decryption of Floriform X -- This short, illustrated fiction was written on Twitter circa 2008, each tweet numbered to keep track. The God of Wind and Air -- Unfinished sequel to Decryption, written collaboratively on Twitter. The Manuscript of Jacob Hall -- Why write fiction? What is it "for"? |
Wednesday, January 25, 2006Groupboard Jamboree with J J: ah, mr. spock. one of my favorite subjectsJ: i'm LOLing ooh that is GREAT Websafe: leonard nimoy manque Websafe: maybe u want to draw kirk? J: I love his eyes. mr. spock was never so dark! Websafe: this may be spock in one of his rare dark moments J: he's having an emotion it does not compute Websafe: not errata ... just part of the stream J: or maybe he's having an emoticon Websafe: lol!!!!!!!! Websafe: yes an emoticon Websafe: my guy is a chuckleheaded yahoo filled with despairJ: he doesn't seem to be despairing. Websafe: he is a real yeehaw Websafe: On his nose flute he is playing "Songs from the Vienna Woods" Websafe: Your guy is a tennis pro J: yeee haaa! hmm. i saw him more of a old time carnival barker. Websafe: saying aaaargh Websafe: would that pull any customers in J: my guy is not a tennis pro! he's an out of work salesmen who's been inside watching too much tv. J: a barker might help, but there's no one on the street Websafe: what shows does he watch Websafe: CSI Miami? J: he watches whatever is on. . .he likes csi miami but he's usually passed out by then J: he likes cops and those sitcoms with the ugly husbands J: I just heard the line "like a cat tied to a stick" as I saw your drawing manifest itselfWebsafe: whoa cosmick J: interesting coincidence is all Websafe: nice gradation of pinks J: i like that sloppy bit around "really" Websafe: me too ![]() J: i'm enjoying the pinks and light purples a lot Websafe: ballet pink J: i loved the way the "sky" flashed two colors!!! great! Websafe: what were those waves Websafe: they better not have been cig smoke J: NO. it was part of the mind to mind transmission Websafe: ok Websafe: a vulcan mind meld J: i wouldn't blow smoke on those ladies Websafe: OOOHWebsafe: gr8 shoe Websafe: squeaky shoes J: that is one nice shoe you drew. J: i LIKE this drawing! Websafe: it is funny J: I really enjoyed this one!! Labels: image |
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