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Writing Humor:Advice from Lewis Carroll

October 22, 2009

So, I’m in the middle of sketching out my main character for the  enormously satirical novel I’m going to write next month, when I realize I have no idea how to be funny.  So I looked up some advice on writing satire from the pros. Here’s what Lewis Carroll had to say: Why dost thou call, oh wicked muse? Why do you trumple through my brain? Oh, how you squartle through my mind Wherefore, you render me insane. To pen ...

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Quick Poem in Russian

October 14, 2009

Since I’m warming up for NaNoWriMo, I jotted a quick poem in Russian about fall.  Sorry if you can’t read it.  I’m almost illiterate myself. Золотая осень- Под моем окном. Вот, листва кочайется Покривает дом. Утром, вон, морозец, На ветвях седит- Солнцо греет землю, Но, цветочек спит. Как приятно, ярко- Синева блестит Облоко, бистрее От вюги все бежит. Золотые листя- На полах лесов У природи кистья Лучше чем тыщя слов

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My unborn novel is annoying me (NaNoWriMo)

October 11, 2009

I’ve been thinking about writing a lot, lately. This is partly because come November First, I’ll be fevrishly writing a 50,000 word novel in a month. It’s got to be done. You know how writers are like, “Oh, I have a novel inside of me,” and you want to punch them in the face because writers are the worst and they are crazy and also they might throw their Moleskine at you?  Well, I have a novel inside of me. ...

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