Gas, Grass, or a Poignant Haiku That Makes Me Cry, Nobody Rides for Free
Goes without saying, but no rhyming means no sonnets. I don't care if Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets; you will be writing zero in this truck.
Tag: Writing
Pig-Pen Dishes the Dirt on the Peanuts Gang
It’s the story of one man’s life of tears and anguish, obscured by a drawn-on smile and a perennial cloud of dirt.
Boy, That Guy, I Tell You
He ruffles my feathers. He overcooks my sunny-side-up eggs. You know what I mean? Really Mondays my Garfield.
The Reviews of My Short Story Collection Are Positively Glowing
“Makes you glad to have nerve endings.” — Kirkus Reviews
Writing One Cool Idea per Day in a Great Big Cool Idea Journal
February 1: Someone told me the ice cream bowl was basically just a cone. Total hater.
The Word Was on the Tip of My Tongue
The word was poised to leap out of my mouth. I could feel the word coming loose from whatever papillae it had stepped in.
I, Clark Kent, Resign from Speedwriting Listicles at The Daily Planet
Before Lex Luthor’s hedge fund bought us out and we started reporting only by telephone, I loved running to crime scenes.
Journal Prompts Written by Me, Your Middle School Bully
Prompt 4: Do you think you’ll ever grow out of being a nerd?
The Most Important Thing About This World Event Is That It’s Ultimately About Me
I do feel this horrible event on a visceral and personal level, like way worse than how anyone else is feeling it, for sure.
How to Know He’s the One—The Chosen One, That Is
If they have a mentor over the age of sixty who spends most of their day wearing robes, then you are dealing with an absolute keeper.
My Elevator Pitch About a Disaster Movie Set In an Elevator
I suppose death could be right around the corner for us... In the movie, of course!
I Would Be the Best Writer in the World but Oops, My Pencil Broke
The publishing world has always had a bias against writers who have never actually written anything.