Mr. Spiegelman’s title: “What the @!#* happened to comics?” He used to do a talk called COMICS 101, because it was so ridiculous to think of people taking a class in comics. Now of course there are a bunch of places where you can get a whole degree. I’d heard Art Spiegelman speak once before, [...]
Archives for April 2011
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In various locales at various times, lately.
Some writers, I am given to understand, struggle because they have SO many FABulous iDEas, they just don’t know WHICH one to write FIRST! I am not one of them. My inner critic, who resembles a very angry prosecuting attorney, starts second-guessing before my first guess is fully formed, doing her best to demolish the [...]
I enjoyed Stephen King’s new short story, “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive,” and his interview with James Parker about “the creative process, the state of fiction, and more.” YA authors and anyone else interested in teen-centric environments, check out Rania Matar’s photo series A Girl And Her Room. I’m an absolute sucker for this kind [...]
I’ve been rereading old journals. If you have old journals (or old blog entries!) yourself, you probably know that rereading them can be an excellent way to identify recurring behavior patterns. I often react by getting frustrated: Oh come on, Self. How many times do you have to LEARN before it sinks in? Seriously, AGAIN you’re [...]
It went and got gorgeous, so I pointed my phone at foliage and sky. Wondered recently if a decision I’d made was just delaying the inevitable. Then realized that if you take the long view, everything is delaying the inevitable. Lately I’m thinking a lot about health and habits. Discovering that when the kitchen is [...]
