margaret atwood birthday pic
She says the candles were the stunt kind, that refuse to blow out. She apparently turned them upside down and stuck them in the cake. That should douse any flame!
Well, what ELSE would it be?
Happy Birthday, Margaret Atwood!
Fuseli's Three Witches ALSO think this was a really stupid quiz, nyeah nyeah
No, not one of those braindead internet quizzes dreamed up by a bored 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl (Which vampire would YOU date?) but rather a posh, intellectual-thank-you-very-much quiz dreamed up by the Books staff of the Guardian.
Take: The Gothic Novel Quiz
Humblingly (or not) I have no idea who any of the authors in #4 are. I can only presume that they write in British and haven’t been translated yet. And I guessed wildly at #10, again a parochial Britishism.
My result: a terrifying, blood-curdling 6/10! I can only blame this on the fact there was only one question about American Gothic and one about Irish. If you’re a book marketer, you’ve probably got an edge over a simple reader in this quiz.
Also: HEATHENS! No Thomas Ligotti? But a Twilight question??? Have you no pride?
What did you get? Confessions in the comments, IF! YOU! DARE!
Another from the Instant Coffee email list, which rocks my world and should rock yours, too, if you live in or around Vangroover.
Kim MINKUS
Sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts & the Creative Writing Program at Capilano University
The Fall 2009 OPEN TEXT series at Capilano University concludes on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 with a reading by Vancouver poet/CapU instructor Kim Minkus
CE 148 @ 11:30
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
Kim Minkus is the author of 9 Freight
stripped down. crawl and stick. folds flutter. stress random stress
cathexis stress stumble. bare seizure. entrails near the surface. bodily
movements ratchet each emotion. they all exhaust me. tremble while you tell
me it matters. glean meanings where there are none.
— from “Station”
For info:
Roger Farr, Creative Writing Convener
rfarr AT capilanou DOT ca
604.986.1911 (2291)
Shakespeare blogging
I’m only putting this down/posting it up while I think of it so I don’t lose it: it’s the reference list I used to create Blogging for Writers, also known as Blogging As Writer’s Practice. Feel free to read them all yourself, but then feel guilty enough to register for the class anyway.
For Journaling:
: Daily Invitations to a Writer’s Life by Bonni Goldberg: How to Use a Journal for Self-Guidance and Expanded Creativity by Tristine Rainer: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest by Christina Baldwin: A Woman’s Personal Growth Workbook by Kimberley SnowFor Writing Exercises and Education:
: Breakthrough Techniques for People Who Write by Henriette Anne Klauser: a Book About Art, Independence, and Spirit by Brenda Ueland: Strategies and shortcuts to make your writing profitable by Robert Bly by Hayes B. Jacobs: Essays on Creativity by Ray Bradbury: an Inspirational Look at the Craft of Writing by John Tullius, Elizabeth Engstrom and the presenters of the Maui Writers Conference: an informal guide to writing nonfiction by William Zinsser: Riding the Dragon, Twelve Weeks to Creative Freedom by Mark Bryan, Julia Cameron, and Catherine Allen
ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER!
The Shebeen Club 