Wow. I know I've dissed Tom Wolfe on the site before and even mentioned him in How to write a 50,000 word novel in a month, but I had no idea just how bad I Am Charlotte Simmons was in this respect. I mean, I skimmed the novel at work and was left cringing, but the passages in this article just drive my point home in HARDCORE fashion. For all of the cheap tricks I used to squeeze 50,000 words out of my novel, I don't think I ever used the same word four times in succession. Bloody bloody bloody bloody hell. (more...)
December 14, 2004
Seriously, it's freezing! A woman who came by the office to check out one of the computers shook my hand and said, "Cold hands, warm heart?" I just chuckled, but I was tempted to kill her, slice her belly open, and curl up inside her carcass for warmth. Yes, it's that bloody cold in here.
December 13, 2004
That's right, OpenOffice.org! My resume has been PDF'd! See? PDF'd!