“Last year, I went into a second interview for an editor job I thought I had on lock. But when I met the publisher, he stopped midsentence to ask, “Hey, didn’t you used to work in the coffee place near the Lorimer stop? You did the best cappuccino!” Then he wondered why I had left the barista job off my résumé. “It’s nothing to be ashamed of,” he beamed. But he didn’t give me the job.” — The Barista’s Curse (via frontofbook)
Just sayin’.
And I saw a dolphin!
Pictures of sand: Close up photographs reveal its incredible beauty | Mail Online
via PhotoshopSupport
Boats :) on shem creek in Mount Pleasant (Taken with instagram)
Saturday morning Folly Beach (Taken with instagram)
“Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very;” your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
—Mark Twain
World’s best writing advice.
Filed under: future house plans. (via jenna, source)
In two weeks, we’re going to load all our stuff up in a big yellow truck and drive nine hours to the coast. I am so excited for this next phase of our lives.
Norman Rockwell made the best Pollock. The Connoisseur, 1962.
“I believe God lives in everything. Not just churches and cathedrals. Not just in trees and leaves of grass and flowers. But even in—especially in—the leads of pencils, the lenses of cameras, the tips of paintbrushes, the pirouette of a ballerina, the rich alto of a singer, the curve of a sculptor’s cut, in books and poems and music. He made all of these things and made them a gift to us, so let us all go out into the world with the hope of giving back this gift.” — Silas House (via twobluebirds)
The following glossary was printed on the inside cover of “Boogie Woogie in Blue,” a 1944 album by jazz pianist Harry “The Hipster” Gibson. Most notable on its list is the very early definition of the word “hipsters.” Image courtesy of hyzercreek.
JIVE TALK FOREVER.
(Source: listsofnote. com, via doubledaybooks)
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“Movies are living thing. They evolve. They’re never finished, just abandoned.” — David Fincher, talking about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Not just movies — novels, too. (via)
Current status…
Revising is fun, I guess. Referring to 130+ notecards, my 260ish-page marked-up draft, and 20 pages of notes-to-self from my last read-through.
There’s really not enough room on my desk for all that.
It got cold. #writing
Neil Gaiman is a ninja.
EDIT: And he uses a Unicomp keyboard!