Hello! I have not been an inspired blogger lately. The flip side of this is that I have been a very inspired writer. These things seem to see-saw with one another. In light of this, instead of writing a blog post this week, I'm going to post a tiny fiction tidbit I found in an… Continue reading A Fictional Interlude
Category: Writing
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
As an English major, I can honestly say that I give far too many fucks about grammar. The fastest way to screw up my day is to suddenly confront me with a misused "your," a misplaced apostrophe or, god forbid, a fucking comma splice. As that last sentence demonstrates, however, I do not give a single… Continue reading Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
Spam Poetry Interlude
On account of somehow not realizing it was almost Monday again, I find myself scrambling to come up with a post to write. Lucky for me, it has been a good long while since I resorted to spam comment entertainment, so the pickings for poetry are rich. Even if the comments are sassing me a… Continue reading Spam Poetry Interlude
NaNoWriMo ’14
October is almost over and November is bearing down hard, which means NaNoWriMo is looming on the horizon like some kind of monstrous demon, blocking out the sun. I shouldn't be so negative--NaNo is literally one of my favorite times of the year--but this time around I'm a little scared of it, because once again… Continue reading NaNoWriMo ’14
What the Hell is Magical Realism
If you've been around this blog for a while, you probably already know that I take great issue with the way genre is treated in the academic world. Specifically, the way that scifi and fantasy and other "genre fiction" get relegated to the "popular" and therefore unworthy of study category, while "literature" is lauded as… Continue reading What the Hell is Magical Realism
M.M. Jordahl 