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orgasm

(body talk #9) I want to write about orgasm, but the words keep squirming on the page. I write something and it flops around making sad wet noises, looking for someplace to hide. I can write about org… more →

girl in the hat

New iPhone Names Announced

aaronevansmedia wrote 4 days ago: Cupertino CA – Apple announced today that new iPhones will be no longer receive numbers, such as “iP … more →

First Call I Made When I First Heard About "Gen5 Fibre Channel"

tonybourke wrote 5 days ago: … more →

Tags: Fibre Channel, Storage

Rilalities

rilaly wrote 6 days ago: My Dog the Racist.  My dog growled at a black kid walking up the block the other day.  He then proce … more →

Tags: Brainless/Comedy, Humor, social issues, The Thoughts of Neighbors, canine racism, dog racism, dogs racist, Gwen Stefani, Halle Berry

falling headlong ;) — 1 comment

buriedspade wrote 2 weeks ago: I fell headlong into a poem and was immediately swept away as enchanting as this poem was the words … more →

Tags: Poetry, writing exercise, Poetry, writing, joke

orgasm — 39 comments

girl in the hat wrote 3 months ago: (body talk #9) I want to write about orgasm, but the words keep squirming on the page. I write somet … more →

Tags: Body Talk, writing, Orgasm, Mary Roach, Anais Nin, Le Petit Mort, the big o, TEDtalk, 10 things you don't know about orgasms

eating crow (making friends with crows #22) — 12 comments

girl in the hat wrote 3 months ago: You should see what I do with chicken. Some might say it’s almost beautiful: buy whole, brine, roast … more →

Tags: making friends with crows, writing, Crows, girl in the hat, Anna Fonte, bird watching, crows use tools, Funny Story, Eat Crow

The Shampoo Story

mnm wrote 4 months ago: Ohh… yeah. The Shampoo Story. Why am I sounding ecstatic??? I have this habit of just typing i … more →

gaps — 36 comments

girl in the hat wrote 4 months ago: Possible ways to explain these cavernous gaps in my work history: It’s my kids’ fault. My husband ha … more →

Tags: writing, Humor, Resume, Employment, gaps, Finding work

danger to myself — 43 comments

girl in the hat wrote 5 months ago: (image courtesy bre pettis) I was writing the other day when I heard that familiar sound of the stre … more →

Tags: Whatnot, Anna Fonte, Danger to myself, dementia, Fiction, Losing my mind, Parking Ticket, request for partial, slush pile

A Christmas Tale — 2 comments

graceacademy wrote 5 months ago: Twas the day before Christmas, and all was not well. The clock’s hours striking just like a de … more →

Tags: CHoward Lives, Faith, Literary Response

writer seeking master — 34 comments

girl in the hat wrote 6 months ago: What I’m looking for: An editor with fingers permanently stained with ink, the perspective of a hill … more →

Tags: Anna Fonte, Anonymous, Editor, gordon lish, Lorin Stein, Maxwell Perkins, OK Cupid, personal ad, up for grabs

bio: how to — 37 comments

girl in the hat wrote 7 months ago: (image courtesy Alan Mays) A few of the agents I’m querying want to see a bio. The author’s bio is o … more →

Tags: Whatnot, Anna Fonte, Author's Bio, autobiography, Bio, Biography, girl in the hat, HOW TO?, Humor

server error — 24 comments

girl in the hat wrote 7 months ago: (image courtesy Mark Stevenson) Determined to give this last-chance-effort thing a fighting chance, … more →

Tags: Whatnot, Fiction, writing, literary agent, slush pile, inquiry, query, server error, bad sign

What’s So Funny?

rilaly wrote 7 months ago: Why do we laugh?  Why do we cry?  “Confusion,” said author Kurt Vonnegut.  “Laughter is similar to c … more →

Tags: The Thoughts of Neighbors, simple truths, social issues, Humor, Brainless/Comedy, Comedy, Humor, Philosophy, Comedians

It’s a BOY!!!

rilaly wrote 8 months ago: My longtime fans can now get some sleep.  The drama is over.  I have never been so excited to see an … more →

Tags: Humor, Life, Philosophy, Birth, death

I'm not dead (yet)

poindextrix wrote 8 months ago: My dearest readers, I have not forsaken you! I’m still here. I’ve just been drowning und … more →

Tags: library school, Life in NY, Reading 2, To Review, making up words, Moving, New York, Reading, shameless plug

what i asked for — 39 comments

girl in the hat wrote 8 months ago: Every time I say the words “my” and “novel” in the same sentence, my novel hogties me to the bed and … more →

Tags: almost-poems, Fiction, writing, girl in the hat, Anna Fonte, Poetry, Poem, Larry Levis, Personification

The Balloonophilia Conflict

rilaly wrote 8 months ago: Balloon fetishists call themselves looners, balloonophiles, or loonatics. They enjoy blowing up ball … more →

Tags: The Thoughts of Neighbors, Humor, Brainless/Comedy, Alien on your shoulder, 10 most popular non-political posts, balloons, balloonophilia, Fetishes

paper cuts — 41 comments

girl in the hat wrote 8 months ago: Today, I have had it up to here with my effing novel.   If I was walking down the street and I saw m … more →

Tags: Fiction, writing, Novel, Crap, crapola, disgust, get me out of here, Shit Pile, you should use my novel for toilet paper


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