shutitdown: taking one for the anecdote

writing

° Rejection  I just sent my first agent query letter and was rejected in nine minutes. I think this may be a...
° Isn't it ironic  People who constantly complain about people who use "literally" or "ironic" or apostrophes incorrectly bother me more than the offenders...
° Procrastination and punk  I've recently realized that I spend the majority of my life doing one of two things, either rooting around in...
° Writing class  In my writing class, my teacher is constantly telling us how we are all going to get published. "I can't...
° 1000 pages  My mom found this in a letter she had written to my grandmother in 1985. "Tonight Lina and I were...
° Melancholia as a force for blogging  "To argue for melancholia as a force for creativity prompts the question, Why isn't this a better book, since the...
° Back to my future  So I just finished the first draft of my novel. I do not feel nearly as fulfilled as I was...
° Spreading the gospel  Frances: the first time i heard 'hella' was out of your mouth, i believe Lina: you're welcome...
° A critical notice  I forgot to post this a while ago--it's my first real review! From the American gal's fear of foreskin to...
° Hating whimsy  If there's one thing I fucking hate, it's whimsy. Especially in the hands of snarky Jewish boys with inferiority complexes...
° On sale now!  My essay, 'Raising the Flags of Europe' is in this month's Playgirl magazine. Go check it out and see how...
° The life which is not examined is not worth living  I've been trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to add category listings to shutitdown. This has forced me to go through all of...
° A small preview  My masterpiece is going to be published in the March issue of Playgirl (allegedly). I'm expecting each and every shutitdown...
° Porn shopping with the fam  The fruits of my labor are finally paying off...sort of. A few days ago I got an email from a...
° Reflections on personal sites.  "Rousseau in the course of his Confessions narrates incidents that profoundly shocked the sensibility of mankind. By describing them so...
° The craft of blogging.  The latest object of my affection is convinced, that since we began dating, the quality of my website has gone...