Monthly Archives: March 2011

Once upon a time, by which I mean in 2005, Jeff VanderMeer wrote an essay called “The Romantic Underground.” It’s about an imaginary literary movement, or rather non-movement, because the defining characteristic of the Romantic Underground is that all of … Continue reading →

I’m in the forest of deadlines. Not lost in it, because I have specific markers, specific tasks I need to accomplish that will lead me out of the forest. But I will be in the forest at least until the … Continue reading →

I’ve had a feeling today that I sometimes get when I’m tired, as though part of me were missing. It’s a Herbert the Alligator feeling, I suppose. As though I were incomplete. What it makes me think of, since my … Continue reading →

I’ve written before about writing a thousand words a day, every day. (Yes, any sort of writing will do. A thousand words of anything, as long as it really is writing. Do tweets count? I’m not sure tweets count.) Someone, … Continue reading →

Today, I had a particularly writerly day. As you probably remember, I had turned in my Folkroots column earlier in the week. It’s a column called “Fairies and Fairylands,” and it should appear in the June issue of Realms of … Continue reading →

I’ve been worried about Herbert. You see, I left him hanging from the ceiling in Professor Mandragora’s laboratory, looking sad. Herbert was originally not going to be a character at all. He was just a literary reference. But as soon … Continue reading →

I’m not sure I’ve looked out of the window today. Although I’m pretty sure it looks the same as it did yesterday, out there. Snow on the ground, melting too slowly. But all day, I’ve been staring at the computer … Continue reading →