No Reason Why Not

My interview with David Blixt is finally up over at Metroblogging Chicago. Please swing by there and check it out.Working on it has emphasized, for me, how little I actually know about journalistic writing. Shame on me, being the son of a journalist and all...

Ministry

I got two tickets to see Ministry for Mandy’s birthday. They’re playing the House of Blues on May 8th. To be fair, the tickets are a present to myself as much as a present for Mandy. But I think she appreciates them, just the same. At the time that I...

Metroblogging Chicago

I just put up my first post at Metroblogging Chicago. I’ll be chiming in there a couple of times a week, writing about anything and everything related to Chicago. My friends Dan and Fuzzy are already regular contributors.Come check us out!

Solidarity

The Writers Guild of America is on strike. You may have noticed that the late-night talk shows have already gone into reruns. In a few weeks scripted television shows will have to stop shooting. The movie industry will be able to hold out a little longer, but soon...

Maybe Next Time, NaNoWriMo

Tomorrow is Halloween, and for the last two years that has meant only one thing for me: National Novel Writing Month starts in two days. The event made November one of my favorite months. Samples of my NaNoWriMo output can be found here on this very site. It...