Archive for December, 2010

WWW: Writers on writing on the Web

As a software developer / code monkey / geek, I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow, the programmer Q&A site run by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky.  It’s a slick and easy-to-use Web site that attracts a (mostly) positive group of thoughtful developers / monkeys / geeks. They recently opened a new version of the [...]

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Carolin’ lingua

One of the few unqualified joys in my writing life is receiving Erotic Review‘s monthly communique.  (I’m subscribed purely for literary reasons, of course.)  Jamie Maclean & Co. are incapable of writing a dry or perfunctory letter.  ER is half London Underground Victorianism, half San Francisco bohemianism – half Do What Thou Wilt, half I Did [...]

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Jim Nelson at Lizzy Acker’s Monster Party reading

The book launch for Lizzy Acker’s novella Monster Party is coming up! As part of the celebration I’ll be reading a short piece along with Anisse Gross, Adam Moskowitz, Marisa Crawford, and, of course, the fabulous Lizzy Acker. Hope to see you there! Saturday, 11 November 2010 7PM Amnesia 853 Valencia St. (between 19th & 20th) [...]

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Dan Sanders at Hobart

Talk about traveling at the speed of light: Dan Sander’s fantastic story “Transmissions” (which he read at The Headbangers Bütterball) has been accepted by Hobart and is now online.  Congratulations Dan!

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Photos from The Headbangers Bütterball

Thanks to Erica Nordman for the great pictures of that soggy and turbocharged night!

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