Last night I briefly worried that a writer friend of mine – who was working holiday shifts at a Portland Macy’s – might have gotten caught in the Clackamas melee of December 11th, 2012. Relief that she was ok was followed by grief – for the 3 people who died, including the shooter. The story … Continue reading Mid-December Meditation: Diffusing Dread through play — cosmopolitanism and the pastoral, part 1
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Storytime Sunday, 11/11/12: Nanonotes from the front #2 or let your writing be haunted
Dear Friends of the Unreal -- As NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty warns in his book, week #2 is tough. For those of us who have trouble with plot, week #2 feels plodding, and uncomfortable, and at this point just a tad strange. This morning I found myself haunted by books I've loved and characters I … Continue reading Storytime Sunday, 11/11/12: Nanonotes from the front #2 or let your writing be haunted
Story Time Sunday, 11/04/12: nanonotes from the front — daring to write bad on a very tight schedule
Dear Magically Real friends -- Well, two days into NaNoWriMo, I have written some of the worst trash ever. I have plot points that do not make sense. Accessories and accoutrements abound that have arrived too early in the narrative and that will not ever get employed again. Assuming that I even remember what they … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, 11/04/12: nanonotes from the front — daring to write bad on a very tight schedule
Horrorshow: when the school of the real invades. Special Sunday edition, July 22nd 2012
Dear friends of Magically Real -- Hyperbolic verbiage abounds regarding the shooting of audience members at the latest Bat Man premiere in Colorado this past week. The shooter has been compared to the Joker in an Op-Ed piece for the New York Times, and our president has talked about "sensless evil." The movie theater is … Continue reading Horrorshow: when the school of the real invades. Special Sunday edition, July 22nd 2012
story time sunday meets shameless self-promotion! July 15th 2012
Dear friends of the unreal -- I am thrilled to share that I had my first book signing ever for my new chapbook Sex with Buildings that launched in May with the amazing Dancing Girl Press. Here is a snippet from the collection.... Conceal the Evidence My Barbies have no fingers and no hair, … Continue reading story time sunday meets shameless self-promotion! July 15th 2012
Storytime Sunday June 24, 2012 — dark and futurist (and slightly twisted)
Dear friends of the Unreal -- it's SO very sunny outside today where I live, and there's SO Much self-satisfied punditry circulating that I feel a little ornery. Here's a link to my absolute favorite personal anti-hero, and a glimpse into her world. Vintage This piece appeared originally win NYCBigCityLit and I thank them so … Continue reading Storytime Sunday June 24, 2012 — dark and futurist (and slightly twisted)
Garbo Laughs Queer Blogathon 2012: Boys kissing Boys — Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1971, Dir. John Schlesinger
Of course I knew that boys did kiss. My grandparents had two male friends who had gone through a legal adoption process so that the one man could leave his much younger lover his inheritance. My grandparents were down and out Romanov aristocrats who had become dress designers and teachers. They had incredibly cool, creative friends … Continue reading Garbo Laughs Queer Blogathon 2012: Boys kissing Boys — Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1971, Dir. John Schlesinger
Magically Real Special Report: The last episodes of Battlestar Galactica or why we need different stories
Dear Magically Real -- A friend of a friend told me that you guys never watched the final episodes of BSG! I can't believe you did that! What the heck made you stop watching? Are you ever going to watch the end? Don't you want to KNOW what happens to Starbuck and Lee? Aren't you … Continue reading Magically Real Special Report: The last episodes of Battlestar Galactica or why we need different stories
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 