Month: November 2012

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National Novel Writing Month! It’s Here…

Do you have the “Great [x] Novel” in you? Possible values for [x], cricket*, American, sushi, nudie bowling, secret life of rhizomes, sci fi meets scrapbooking, frozen confectionary noir, vintage taxidermy or so many, many other topics….

Well, your time is now: National Novel Writing Month has begun. Get on over to their nifty WordPress set up. It awaits you and and soon your deathless prose can join the 32 million words written already!

*Oh, and if you are thinking about writing the Great Cricket Novel, it’s been done. I’m in the middle of reading it… and totally caught up, even though I don’t even like cricket.

And for a contrary view on novel month, check out Laura Miller’s scold, although even she admits that one hit came out of it.

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A Fine Picture: New York Unplugged

Remarkable long exposure photos of New York City during the Sandy blackout. Photos by Randy Scott Slavin, tipped by Laughing Squid.

Slavin writes:

I felt the call to hit the eerily dark streets and show New York as it is rarely seen. Trekking around with my tripod I was able to get the long exposures necessary to see in the dark.