Archive for April, 2010

  • Enter The Hyperbowl!

    Enter The Hyperbowl!

    April 15th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 23 Comments

    Here it is. I’m going to give you a pro-tip. I’m giving it to you for free. It’s how I do. I’m here to help you. Selflessly giving of myself so that you may bathe in wisdom. Sticky, hot wisdom. Just lay back in this clawfoot tub. Ease back. Ease back, or I’ll get the [...]

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  • Painting With Shotguns XXXI

    Painting With Shotguns XXXI

    April 14th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 30 Comments

    Ahh. *breathes in* Smell that? The Internets have calmed down a little. Someone pulled the Thermonuclear Anthrax Cat off my door. Sure, I think a couple-few people are still irritated at me beyond the point of reason or intelligence, but — hey! Them’s the Nets, kid. So, with that in mind, it’s time to jack [...]

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  • Oops, I Think I Upset Some People

    Oops, I Think I Upset Some People

    April 13th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 56 Comments

    Got involved in a little dust-up yesterday on the Internets. To make a long story short — or short story long? — the Man In Charge Of Needle Mag, Steve Weddle, posted submission guidelines and then tweeted them, asking for suggestions. I said, in the comments there, “My two cents (no pun intended): pay the [...]

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  • Six Questions To Ask As You Write

    Six Questions To Ask As You Write

    April 12th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 35 Comments

    As you write, it’s easy to… just Zen the fuck out. Right? You’re writing, you’re tippity-typing, and you find yourself swallowed whole by the moment, lost in the fog, drifting silently through the mists of your story. Next thing you know, you wake up on the floor. You’re naked, but for a pair of Wonder [...]

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  • Talk To Me Of Totems

    Talk To Me Of Totems

    April 11th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 57 Comments

    It’s like I said: I have work to do, so my posts may be a bit truncated over the next couple weeks. One “category” of post I plan to do then, during this time, is to talk about those writers that I consider “totems,” meaning, writers who are (er, unknowingly) the writers that shepherd and [...]

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