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Read a lot. To further inform your writing, you must, per many wizened writers who pitch this sort of advice, including yours truly, read a lot. If your rich patron starts giving out to you because you’ve been sitting around all day, reading, tell them it’s all in the service of advancing your writing. Tell…
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With all the kerfuffle about Goodreads being bought by Amazon, I’m a little hesitant to post this, but I’ve made “The History of the Mayan Ball League” available for download on Goodreads.com. There’s a new little green nub at the end of their usual green nub where you can go buy the book on Amazon…
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[View the story “The Dishwasher Whisperer” on Storify] The Dishwasher Whisperer Another exciting episode in the dishwasher saga, as it’s known, far and wide! Storified by Matt Hanlon· Fri, Mar 22 2013 10:10:58 In more sober moments (when I’m not throwing filth-caked glasses around the kitchen), I wonder if this isn’t a cry for help…
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This list of 22 tips recently made the rounds, thanks to Aerogramme Writers’ Studio, and was originally compiled by former Pixar story artist Emma Coats. It’s one of those lists you could keep pinned up to the cork board in your office that you look up to for reminders of where you’re going, where you’ve…
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Every so often they’ll ask us (challenge us — it’s not like I’m getting an engraved invitation to write things for people these days) to write a little blog post on RedRoom.com on a certain topic. At any rate, I’d been meaning to do this for some time, and when Huntington, the Red Room editor,…
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Get a time clock. One of those cool old time clocks they’d use in factories that gave a satisfying clunk when you put in your timesheet like it could bite your hand off if it wanted. The kind that was bolted high on the wall, but near enough a desk, under which a stool for…
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This is the start of a series of helpful tips for that writer in your life, possibly yourself, who finds him or herself bogged down in a spaghetti plate of procrastination, with a side of writer’s block meatballs, a sprinkling of self-doubt Parmesan cheese, and armed only with a fork made out of horsehair. But,…
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View as slideshow Matt Hanlon@mhanlon Okay, seriously, now. Does anyone know any actual Buddhist monks? I want to try an experiment with this Bosch dishwasher. #fb Mon, Jan 14 2013 07:17:39 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite Matt Hanlon@mhanlon So I had a crazy thought that Anita might be on to something with this whole Bosch thing.…
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So the NHL and NHLPA finally came to their collective sense (have they any?) and ended their prolonged lockout. “NHL lockout over as owners, players reach agreement” from the Boston Globe. Which means that the legendary lockout of the Mayan Ball League (the story of which I’ve been shilling here and other places) still holds the…
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By the way, there is an excellent resource, in case you look out the window and notice mayhem and destruction. You can check on the status of the Apocalypse (Mayan or otherwise) by visiting www.hastheapocalypsehappenedyet.com. You’re welcome.